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Temple Mount: Jews Strip-Searched to Avoid Israeli Flags
Arutz Sheva ^ | 16/4/13 | Maayana Miskin

Posted on 04/16/2013 9:11:33 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

Three yeshiva students were strip-searched Tuesday when visiting the Temple Mount, Temple Mount activists have reported.

The students were reportedly pulled aside by a commander of the police unit for protection of holy sites. They were asked to remove clothing and their bodies were searched for an Israeli flag.

The officer who performed the search apologized to the three for the invasive search.

Many Israelis proudly wave flags on Tuesday, Independence Day. Police apparently were concerned that the sight of Israeli flags on the Temple Mount could offend Muslim sensibilities.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: flag; offend; stripsearch; templemount
Now I know how I'm going to fly my Israeli flag when I visit the Temple Mount next independence day. That way they'll be welcome to strip search.
1 posted on 04/16/2013 9:11:33 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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2 posted on 04/16/2013 9:15:04 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: Eleutheria5
OK, boys and girls... how many ways can YOU complete this sentence?

"__________ could offend Muslim sensibilities.

3 posted on 04/16/2013 9:15:12 AM PDT by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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commander of the police unit for protection of holy sites.

That title alone is a pathetic commentary

4 posted on 04/16/2013 9:16:32 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Eleutheria5
Eitan Kleiman has it right, (his statement is article's last paragraph).
5 posted on 04/16/2013 9:18:48 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: KC_Lion

Abundant Blessings Israel!

6 posted on 04/16/2013 9:30:15 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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"Many Israelis proudly wave flags on Tuesday, Independence Day. Police apparently were concerned that the sight of Israeli flags on the Temple Mount could offend Muslim sensibilities."

Muslim sensibilities? Great oxymoron!

7 posted on 04/16/2013 9:37:57 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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To: Eleutheria5

Eff muslims.

islamists should be exterminated like the roaches they are.


8 posted on 04/16/2013 9:43:31 AM PDT by onedoug
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9 posted on 04/16/2013 4:44:30 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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