[Esther Ruth]

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Israel To Give Up Temple Mount?
WorldNetDaily ^ | August 17, 2007 | Aaron Klein

Posted on 08/17/2007 8:32:53 AM CDT by Fennie

JERUSALEM — Palestinian negotiators drafting an agreement behind the scenes with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s office have made clear they will not accept any final peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state forfeits the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, WND has learned. According to a report in Israel’s Yediot Aharonot daily yesterday, Olmert is willing to discuss joint Israeli-Palestinian control over the Temple Mount complex. The report didn’t state the positions of the Palestinian side on the issue. A chief Palestinian negotiator, speaking to WND on condition his name be withheld, said yesterday, “there can be no agreement with Israel unless we get complete sovereignty of the Mount. Once Palestinian control over the [Temple Mount] is fixed, then we will make assurances for Jewish visits to the site.” The chief negotiator said aides from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Fatah organization have been hammering out the parameters of a final status agreement for presentation in November at a U.S.-backed international summit regarding the Middle East...

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[AU72]

Why doesn’t Olmert just cut to the chase and order all jews out of Isreal.

[Nachum]

The only reason they are pushing for this deal is because they know they are on the way out. The left has wanted this deal forever and know that demographics are going to cost them in the next election and beyond. If they can only move fast enough, they will put facts on the ground that will frustrate the right wing and religious Zionists.

This has been attempted before. The real question is if Olmert will act unilaterally to circumvent the guaranteed protest in the Knesset. IMHO, he will try.

[rednesss]

The Israeli’s need to blow the Al-Aqsa mosque to kingdom come. They should give a counter offer, they’ll trade the Temple Mount for Mecca.

[14themunny]

I've always wondered, when Israel starts its Temple sacrifices again, how fast it'll take PETA to run over and blow their whistles.

[Astronaut]

Olmert will probably give it away. What a weak fool. When will the Israeli people throw this bum out of office?

[bill1952]

Balian should have leveled that damn pile os stones when he could have.

[DManA]

If they have no claim to the temple mount, they have no claim to any of Israel.

[Centurion2000]

bump .... Olmert Bush and Rice better remember that bad things happen to people that sell Israel out .... historical observation.

[Joe Boucher]

So very much disappointed with Israel and their appeasing leader the Israelis refuse to get rid of.
An appeasing lawyer.
Why not just close the country and leave it for the mooselimbs.

[theBuckwheat]

Scrap this folly. If you really want to set the stage for some real conflict, declare Jerusalem an International City and put it under UN control.

Let’s see what a mess the Oil-For-Food crowd can make of it.

[dervish]

As far as I can tell Israel’s Moshe Dayan ceded the Temple Mount to the Waqf after the Six Day War. When Ariel Sharon dared even to visit the Palis used it as an excuse to start the second Intifada.

[SJackson]

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[Convert from ECUSA]

"Olmert, Arabs Negotiating Over Temple Mount"

Aw jeeze louise, not this...again! The Scripture keeps going over in my mind "woe to those that divide up my Land." Olmerde reminds me of some of our politicians, who would sell their dying grandmothers to the devil to have a "legacy." The Almighty is the One that put His Name in Jerusalem, not "allah" for crying in the sink.

[King David]

I’ve been following this thread for some time now, but I’ve offered little input to the discussion. I’m going to reveal something to you that most people will consider either 1) idiotic, 2) uninformed, 3) blasphemous, 4) arrogant or 5) fill in your own adjective here.

However, it is a fact, based upon scripture. I have been a student of The Bible since 1968, so I’m not just trying to inflame this thread. The time has begun where it’s important for the world to see and hear the truth.

All this talk about Israel’s “holiest site” being the Temple Mount is from past events—where the original Temple of Solomon was located (approximately). But it is NOT the location of where the future temple will be located. The correct location of the 3rd Temple will be about 1000 yards to the east, across the Kidron Valley, on top of the Mt. of Olives, making IT their “holiest site”.

True.

We are living in a generation where the truth of scripture will be made known to the nation of Israel, and soon afterwards, the entire world—that includes the Arab world. Olmert may look like a total dolt for even considering giving the Temple Mount to the Palestinians, but he is just a tool that the Father is using to fulfill His purpose. It WILL happen, whether people believe it now or not. For all practical purposes, Palestinians have had control of the Temple Mount for years anyway, so relinquishing Israel’s control is almost mute.

Once this truth is understood, we will witness an incredible change of relationship between Israel, Palestine and Iran. (Yes, I said Iran.) IRAN will take the lead in managing and financing this new Temple project on the Mt. of Olives. All this talk about “killing every Jew” will end. When Iran takes the lead in this incredible construction poroject, ALL nations on earth will offer financial assistance in building it.

You and I will be eye-witnesses to the most amazing events in human history. Olmert is clearly a weak leader, which is evidence that Dan. 4:17 is true— “[The Father] puts into power...the basest of men.” However, Olmert is in power WHEN he is supposed to be, WHERE he is supposed to be, doing WHAT he is supposed to be doing to bring about prophetic events.

You heard it here first. (John 14:29 “I told you before it happens, so that WHEN it happens you’ll belive.”)

Again, my intent here is not to be “preachy”. Rather, to illustrate that The Bible is true and that we are blessed to living in “that generation” that will witness these end-of-age events.

For anyone interested, you too can know what is going to happen before it happens:

http://www.64prn.com/node/1217

[sauropod]

Israel is being betrayed from within.

So very sad.