Posted on 06/13/2013 10:17:03 AM PDT by pabianice
The Palestinian Authority will not permit Israel to change the entrance to the Temple Mount in order to facilitate the building of an egalitarian prayer area near the Western Wall, PA Religious Affairs Minister Mahmoud El Habash told The Jerusalem Post in Ramallah Thursday morning.
Sharansky’s plan will allow for the construction of an additional section of the Western Wall Plaza at the southern end of the Kotel, equal in size and height as the northern prayer area, for egalitarian prayer and accessible as part of one unified Western Wall complex with a single entrance. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has told Sharansky to meet with National Security Adviser Yaakov Amidror to deal with issues like how to handle moving the Mugrabi Bridge to the Temple Mount. Related:
Sharansky proposes egalitarian section at Kotel 'Egalitarian section could be ready in 10 months'
He said he considers the Western Wall an Islamic holy site, al-Buraq.
"Any changes in Haram a-Sharif [Temple Mount] is unacceptable to the Palestinians and Arab side," Habash said in a meeting with Israeli journalists. "It's a change of our heritage site and I believe such changes may push all of us to new conflicts and problems."
Habash, who is a former Hamas member from the Gaza Strip but strongly backs two states for two peoples, said any change in the status quo regarding the Temple Mount must wait until a final status agreement between Israel and the PA.
"Any changes in this situation will make the problem more difficult," Habash said. "We don't agree to any changes. It's a Wakf place, and Islamic place and we have documents to prove it. You can pray how you want after the liberation of Palestine."
Habash said he would agree with Netanyahu that there should be peace talks without preconditions, but only if the prime minister gave guarantees that the talks would not fail like past negotiations. He said he is trying to persuade his people to support a two-state solution but he is concerned that Netanyahu will not be willing to translate his support for a Palestinian state into actions.
"If you believe in two states, where do you imagine it - on the moon?" he asked rhetorically.
It shouldn’t be two states. The Western Wall is for the Jews; actually, all of Jerusalem (and the rest of Israel) is, yet the world refuses to accept it.
Oh quick, change your plans Israel. The PA is upset for the first time ever.
Nobody has done so much damage to the site as the Waqf,
which has been busy destroying any evidence of Jewish
occupancy of the Mount as fast as it turns up.
The PA will continue to block Israel until Armgeddon when they get blown away by the Holy One Himself.
Freegards
LEX
It’s a Wakf place, and Islamic place and we have documents to prove it.
Right, and I’m the king of Siam with documents to
prove it.
I never dreamed I would ever agree with the Palimaniacs about anything. But there it is.
I believe I know what you mean, but could you phrase it a little differently.
My take is that you are referencing the PA attempts to erase Jewish validity for having a presence on the Mount.
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