Posted on 07/30/2009 1:15:27 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian
More than 200 Jewish extremists have reportedly entered al-Aqsa Mosque, positioning themselves inside the holy site, allegedly to perform religious rituals.
According to a statement released by the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage, the incursion was "significant". The foundation has called on Muslims, Arabs and all Palestinians to take action in support of the mosque.
The attack comes amidst Tisha B'Av, also known as "The Ninth of Av" -- a Jewish fasting day in commemoration of the destruction of the two Temples. The occasion falls on the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av, which usually coincides with late July or mid-August.
The First Temple was built by King Solomon and was considered the most sacred site in ancient Judaism. It was destroyed when the Babylonians pillaged Jerusalem (al-Quds) in 586 BCE.
According to Jewish accounts, the construction of the Second Temple was completed in 516 BCE on the site of the First Temple but was destroyed during the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE.
The destruction of the two Temples allegedly took place on the same day -- the ninth of Av -- but about 656 years apart.
The storming of al-Aqsa Mosque -- a holy site in the eyes of many Muslims -- has drawn anti-Israeli condemnation. Former Palestinian minister for al-Quds affairs, Hatem Abdel Qader, has warned that the Israeli government is "playing with fire" by allowing far-right Jewish groups to put the mosque in harm's way.
Abdel Qader resigned from his post last month after he censured the acting Palestinian Authority for neglecting al-Quds. He says the Salam Fayyad government refuses to uphold its commitments to the city, which is undergoing a difficult period.
According to Abdel Qader, the Palestinian Finance Ministry "contributes nothing to the effort to keep the residents on their land."
A group had that all planned out some years ago, but they couldn't get a rabbi to bless their plans and gave up. That shows you a big difference between the Jews and Muslims, since around there you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting an imam who would give his blessing to blowing up a Jewish holy site.
I think Iran is just trying to stir up trouble.
A similar group had planned years ago to crash a 747 into the mosque the purposes of which was to usher in an era of the Temple restored in its third iteration. The Israeli government having gotten wind of it intervened to prevent tragedy of unimagined proportions.
Be nice if it were true.
The evil muslim Dome of the Rock is the Abomination of Desolation. The Jews should raze it to the ground!
Note Post 42.
What's more interesting, is that Israels largest air base is in the Megiddo valley, near Haifa. First nuke strike.....or did you believe the "arabs" were bringing swords?
Probably a coincidence, but Abdel Qader is one of the names of Green Helmet Guy.
Thanks SlowBoat407 you deserve the “quip of the day” award!!! Heh.
The arabs have graciously left a wide portion of the Temple Plaza open. Set The Temple up next door.
But the Arabs were there first. That dome has been there for a lot longer than the Israeli state. The state of Israel is our ally and while it should be supported by the USA as any other ally, this temple mount deal is nothing but two groups of people fighting over the ownership of a glorified tourist trap and as in all such property disputes, long term possession ought to be decisive.
Morgana, I will stand at your shoulder.
“Arabs were there first”
LOL.
The arabs took possession of the area recently, as in last century (betweeen WWI and WWII), by killing Jews and taking possession of this part of the city.
The DOR was a nothing mosque, completely neglected -— and the whole “farthest mosque” business is silly -— it was built AFTER Mohammed was dead. (Jerusalem was a Christian city at his death.)
Just yesteday watched a show on NatGeo about this. Wondered at the time why it hasn’t had an issue. This seems to me to be the start of something bigger.
Awesome! I have a few friends in Haifa, Mt. Carmel is beautiful. I'm more than happy to pay for your trip over....just to make sure your dumbass is sitting there when the nukes go off......have a nice day.
Uh oh! That’s gonna open a whole new can of worms, but since they’re already inside, they might as well blow it up!
There’s going to be hell to pay, no matter what they do now!
Only pic in my house is charge up San Juan Hill.
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