[Doctor Freeze]

Thanks for the insight. I thought Israel captured the Temple Mount back in the 40's or 50's. Did they just give it to the Muslims or did the Muslims take it back by force? Do you think Israel will ever attempt to take back this piece of holy land? Are they just waiting for the right time? Thanks.

[Malcolm]

The Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock are both in Jerusalem, so the Israelis have had control of it since the 1967 war (or maybe, if in West Jerusalem, since inception in '48). I am also a Christian (thx Hal Lindsay), and thought that, in order for Jews to offer sacrifices per Old Testament commands, that this could only be done in the Temple, and the Temple can only be located where Jehovah commanded them to erect it: on the Temple Mount. Maybe some scholars on here know the Bible reference I'm talking about. I don't know how the Israelis themselves could demolish the Dome of the Rock without igniting WWIII in the Middle East. Maybe there will be an earthquake. Maybe I'm wrong and Jewish sacrifices can be offered elsewhere. If we're not raptured out, we'll see....

[wayne_shrugged]

Thanks for the insight. I thought Israel captured the Temple Mount back in the 40's or 50's. Did they just give it to the Muslims or did the Muslims take it back by force? Do you think Israel will ever attempt to take back this piece of holy land? Are they just waiting for the right time? Thanks.

Israel, I believe, already has control over it technically but is reluctant to do anything with it for fear of inflaming the situation. (Don't you remember the unbelievable uproar when I think it was Perez who toured the site...?)

There apparently is a group of what would be considered ultra-orthodox Jews who believe in restoring the Temple immediately and in restarting the animal sacrifices referenced in the Bible...

[crystalk]

Israel recaptured it in 1967 and then in a show of lack of faith and lack of Biblical understanding, handed it back to the Muslims.