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”.
Simcha you must try and get over your innate shyness and attempt to tell people how you really feel.
And it has the added benefit of getting rid of that forsaken pile of garbage now sitting where the temple should be
Let it collapse. Voila, Jerusalem is no longer a "moslem holy city," the moslems can all move to Saudi Arabia, and the Beit HaMiqdash HaQadosh can be rebuilt.
Hey . . . I'm a Noachide, and I've been accused of bashing chr*stians on this forum. But nevertheless, as a sincere chr*stian Zionist (as I once was), Thinkin' Gal sees the "new testament" as a continuation of the TaNa"KH and as such sees all its words as relevant to the future of the Temple Mount. You and I may disagree, but she deserves out respect and gratitude.
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's noone's business but the Turks.
Let them in. Pack in as many as possible and then let them destroy it with their own weight. It will be available for the third Temple then.
The only way to improve your reply would be to allow us to see your face when you say it. I bow to the master....
There won't be any disaster but I'm glad that the Israelis have covered their a$$ on this one just in case .... so the blame can be placed where it should me. On logic impaired Muslims
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It certainly could to some degree. The woman is Israel who brought forth the man child who is to rule the nations(Christ), the 12 stars in her crown are the 12 tribes of Israel. The devil has been angered ever since Christ had the victory over death, which was our free pass over death, hell and the grave. He has been spewing every possible attack out of his mouth at Israel ever since, but Israel has been preserved to this time, a nation born in a day in 1948. This is one Christian interpretation of this passage. Anyone else have another?
Thanks, ZC. My views concerning Christianity differ from yours, however I am probably more in agreement with you, than with most Christians.
Anyway, since the details of this article reminded me of those particular verses, I posted them. Others may find them of interest also.
Shalom, TG
Any time! :-)
This is not good.
There are rampant rumors all over the internet about an Israel/Iran strike on the first day of Rahmadan.
If something happens here, this will be all over the world and Israel will be blamed.
In a word, yes. Think of Hitler and the Reichstag fire.
Yonif I going get slap for this comment
If temple mount collapse would Muslum worshippers would still get 72 Virgins?
Rantburg---->>>
#3 Hey, if it falls and kills shitloads of them, well, it will mean that Allan's seriously pissed. At them. Their imams are always closing thier Friday Indoctrination Sessions with shit about shaking the ground under the feet of the Jooos... Mebbe he's a little tired of the blame game and Muslim incompetence and seething and begging for help all the phreakin' time. Mebbe he's tired of backin' losers and murderers and pussies and cowards and haters and barbarians. Mebbe he's switching teams. It'd be fair payback. Heh.
Got my f****** fingers crossed: fall baby, fall!
Aw Shucks
And Israel is inviting hostility by trying to prevent it? That sounds like a lose-lose proposition to me.
I say let nature take its course.
BTTT
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