Posted on 10/13/2004 1:03:37 PM PDT by yonif
The Defense eststablishment is carefully considering a proposal to severely limit access to the Temple mount mosques during Ramadan, the Moslem holy month due to begin at the end of the week.
Proponents of the plan call for limiting access to 50,000 worshippers, instead of the 250,000 that usually come to pray in the Temple Mount mosques on the first day's prayers of Ramadan
This is a result of mounting fears that the structural integrity of Solomon's Stables has been compromised. Over the past several months the Waqf (Moslem religious council) has carried out major construction work without adequate supervision, due to its refusal to allow Israeli construction engineers access to the construction site.
Recently several experts have warned that the result could be a catastrophic structural failure, causing the building to collapse, possibly burying thousands of worshippers.
Opinions in the establishment are sharply divided, as fears of the repercussions of a major disaster are tempered by concerns of the possible domestic and international political fallout resulting from Israel limiting access to the Temple Mount mosques.
Three weeks ago, Maariv revealed that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had instructed the defense establishment to prevent a disaster on the Temple Mount, in light of the estimate that the compound knows as “Solomon’s Stables” would collapse, burying tens of thousands of worshipers.
After all diplomatic efforts to convince Jordanian authorities and the Waqf (Moslem religious council) to seal off the area during the Ramadan prayers, police have decided to prepare a massive emergency operation termed “Ma’ayan Shlomo” (Solomon’s Fountain).
According to the plan, over 4,000 soldiers and police officers would be deployed at potential hotspots. Police will attempt to limit the number of worshipers from an estimated 250,000 to only 50,000. This, on condition that Jordan and the Waqf do not block the entrance to the compound themselves.
Police is also mulling whether to completely isolate Jerusalem by blocking all entrances from the West Bank and by preventing a large number of Moslems who would head for Jerusalem from the Galilee and the Negev.
In any case, Minster of Public Security Gideon Ezra has instructed the Home Front Command, the fire fighting services and MDA to prepare for a scenario of a collapse of “Solomon’s Stables”.
Head of Israel Police, Chief Commissioner Moshe Karadi, has proposed to begin the implementation of the plan as early as this Thursday, if no indications on fixing the structural deficiencies or of blocking the entrance to the compound are received.
Officials are currently waiting to hear if the first Friday of the Ramadan would be held this coming Friday, as the final date is determined according to the hour in which the moon rises in Saudi Arabia.
It has been reported that Waqf officials, in spite of its official refusal to do so, have begun placing scaffoldings at “Solomon’s Stables”.
The Waqf have also reportedly blocked the compound in the area of the three loose arches, which raise the most concern as to their stability. However, an official engineering approval that the above actions have indeed managed to prevent a collapse, has yet to be received.
Justice Minister Yossef Lapid went so far as to propose that the engineering faults at the compound be documented on tape and spread worldwide ahead of time, “so we wouldn’t have to explain what had occurred there”.
Ping.
Hopes.
It's a plot, no matter what. If it collapses, its a plot, no matter whether there are warnings. If the number of worshippers is restricted and it doesn't collapse, its a plot, anyway.
He says this like it's a BAD thing...
How paranoid can you get? Why would anyone think that the Religion of Peace(tm) would do anything violent during their "holy" month? This is profiling of the worst sort.
Some people might be able to predict that ahead of time.
Korah... Koran... hmmm.
Revelation 12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
Revelation 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Perhaps this is really not all that cryptic.
Beware of the "islamicity" cookie. I have them on prompt, so they don't sneak in.
here's hoping!
And you believe that quotation has some relevance to this issue?
Good One!
The Muslims have as much right to the Temple Mount as they do to Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (aka Istanbul).
They are lucky the Israelis even let them LOOK at it.
THEY WERE WARNED REPEATEDLY YEARS AHEAD OF TIME BY: The ISRAELI Government and The ISRAELI Antiquities Authority...
Along With An Assortment of Privately owned Construction/Building Company Engineers and many renowned Archaeologists...ADVISED The Wakuf to STOP DIGGING WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT IMMEDIATELY AND DO NOT TO CONTINUE TO GAUGE OUT SOLOMON'S STABLES, AS DOING SO HAS WEAKENED THE FOUNDATION AND RETAINING WALLS. DID THEY LISTEN...NO THEY REFUSED, AND THEY PROCEEDED TO GAUGE OUT SOLOMON'S STABLES SO THEY COULD BUILD A...PAGAN Worship Center...FOR allah.
The ENTIRE TEMPLE MOUNT IS...UNSTABLE, AND COULD COLLAPSE AT ANY TIME...ALL THAT IS NEEDED IS VIBRATIONS FROM:
A Lot of People (Tens of THOUSANDS!) Moving About, LOUD SPEAKERS BLASTING AND SCREAMING THEIR MUSIC AND PRAYERS; A SMALL EARTHQUAKE WOULD BE CATASTROPHIC.
THEY WERE WARNED TIME AFTER TIME...And Still They REFUSE TO ACCEPT EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AND CONCRETE EVIDENCE.
SO...IF THE TEMPLE MOUNT SHOULD COLLAPSE...I HOPE IT COLLAPSES RIGHT ON THEIR S T U P I D ARROGANT ISLAMIC HEADS.
THEY ARE GOING TO GET EXACTLY WHAT THEY DESERVE!
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