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Palestinians Chipping Away at Status Quo on Temple Mount
(Israel Hayom) - Nadav Shragai Palestinians in Jerusalem on Friday crowded into the Golden Gate area of the Temple Mount, which has been under a closure order since 2003 because of Hamas activity there, as the police sought to avoid widespread, violent clashes. The Palestinian gambit is another step in their campaign to chip away at the status quo on the Temple Mount. Two new mosques have been built at Solomon's Stables and at the site of the ancient Al-Aqsa mosque. There are restrictions on when and where Jews are allowed to visit the Mount, and almost no enforcement of planning and construction and antiquities laws. The Jordanians have installed a new Waqf council, which oversees the Temple Mount and its mosques, to include Sheikh Ikrama Sabri, a former mufti of Jerusalem and now a Muslim Brotherhood member, as well as a number of officials from the Fatah movement and the Palestinian Authority. The new council and Hamas are spreading lies about Israel planning to build a synagogue at the Golden Gate.