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NAZI OCCUPATION OF TEMPLE MOUNT? Subj: FW: guest book note Date: 5/28/03 6:05:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: Jerusalem Mayor's office To: DBA Dear Mr Ben-Ariel, In Jerusalem, religious sites are supervised by the relevant religious authority. Fot this reason, the Temple Mount, which is now covered by Muslim sites, is under the control of the WAQF. Only Islamic prayers are permitted as a result - just as Moslem and Christian prayers would be inappropriate at a Jewish site. The matter of visits to the Temple Mount by adherents of other religions than Islam is under review by the Israeli...

(IsraelNN.com) Minister of Public Security Tzachi Hanegbi announced that in the very near future, Jews would be permitted access to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, to visit and pray, Israel Radio reported. Hanegbi was quoted as saying if an agreement is not reached with the Islamic Waqf Authority, then the government would make a unilateral decision and take the necessary actions to prevent any violent response aimed at preventing the state from exercising its right to access the holy site.