No Harassment allowed at the Temple

[Buzzardhut]

http://www.templeinstitute.org/archive/21-06-12a.htm

Israel Police say that Jews should not accept harassment by Arabs at the Temple Mount, and should file a complaint if it occurs.

A 20-year-old visitor from London, England who said he was told by three separate Waqf monitors to take off his kippah because it was offensive to them should have immediately filed a complaint with police, Israel Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told Arutz Sheva in an interview Thursday.

"The police are not familiar with any incident that took place,” Rosenfeld said. “As of Thursday, no official complaint has been made. But if there was such an incident, an official complaint can be made without any hesitation, and the police will look further into that matter."

By Israeli civil law, neither the Waqf Islamic Authority, nor anyone else has the right to tell a Jew to remove his kippah or tzitzit (ritual fringed garment) anywhere on the Temple Mount. This ruling includes the courtyard around the grounds of the mosque built upon the site, as well as the area within the building of the mosque itself.

The British visitor, however, who was in Israel as part of a student mission, said he chose to leave the scene rather than to take off his kippah - despite there being no need to do so.

A Jerusalem source raised the possibility that the three Arabs who harassed the student just posed as Waqf officials but had no actual status.

[tbrian40]

I wonder how crazy it is going to get there when the IDF strikes Iran's nuclear sites?

[Verisimilitude]

I've been to that place as part of a tour group. Our tour leader was a wonderful woman named Pilar, a Messianic Jew. When we entered that part of God's Holy Mountain, the Waqf monitor stared daggers at her and our whole group, they don't like Christians either. One of our group, a young woman in her early 20's, was singled out for exposing too much arm. She had on a blouse with short sleeves!!! She was in no way improperly dressed.

Israel made a huge mistake years ago, they took the Temple Mount and gave the muslims equal rights to it rather than tearing down the pagan temples placed their by Islam. The muslims have concluded they run the Temple Mount and do with it as they wish, and they do not treat it as holy in any way, shape or form. Their hypocrisy openly evident. I cannot wait for our Savior to take this Holy Mountain back, destroy and remove the dome, the mosque and the green fountain, cleanse it of all the pagan influence and make it His own!!! Once a Christian has been to that Holy and wonderful place, they can't help but be excited about His return to reclaim that which belongs to Him.