|
Trending Topics
|
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=10379
Anti-Semitism on the Temple Mount
(Israel Hayom) Zalman Shoval - In the arrangement made in 1967 with senior Palestinian Muslim clerics, it was promised that Jews, and people of other religions, had full rights to visit any part of the Temple Mount, including the two main shines: Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. However, while Israel has maintained its side of these agreements, the Palestinians have violated them almost since day one - throwing stones and physically harassing groups of visitors, and using the front portion of the Temple Mount to attack Jews praying at the Western Wall below. The Palestinians, time has revealed, are essentially against the right of the Jewish people to be in the place that has been most holy - both nationally and religiously - to them for all of history. PA President Mahmoud Abbas' use of the word "desecrate" shows the racist, anti-Semitic character of his remarks. In the eyes of Abbas, Jewish presence "desecrates" the sacred places of Islam. The writer is a former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.