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A.B. Yehoshua: Coalition Cowardice Threatens Temple Mount
Wakf workers evicted from Temple Mount
By Etgar Lefkovits (Jerusalem Post December 29, 2001)
JERUSALEM (December 30) - The government is not
acting to stop work being carried out by the Wakf on the
Temple Mount that could be damaging our Jewish
heritage, prominent Israeli author A. B. Yehoshua said
over the weekend.
By Etgar Lefkovits (Jerusalem Post - Sept. 6, 2001)
Islamic Wakf officials who were doing unsupervised
construction work on the southern wall of the Temple
Mount earlier this week were evicted by the police,
security officials and archaeologists said yesterday.
Iran claims Israel destroying Al-Aksa Mosque
By Jerusalem Post - Sept. 6, 2001
Israel is constructing two tunnels in a bid to cause
Jerusalem's Al-Aksa Mosque to collapse, the Iranian state
news agency claimed this morning.
Temple Mount Defilement by the Wakf Continues (IsraelNationalNews.com) Despite police denials, the continuous destruction and defilement on the Temple Mount by the Moslem Wakf Authority continues without government objections or interference. Illegal Wakf construction continuing on Temple Mount Etgar Lefkovits (Jerusalem Post) - March 1, 2001 JERUSALEM (March 1) - Wakf officials are continuing to carry out construction work on the Temple Mount in the area near Solomon's Stables, a senior official in the Internal Security Ministry said yesterday, confirming repeated warnings by archeologists who have been protesting against the unsupervised work for the past year. 1930 Moslem Council: Jewish Temple Mount ties 'beyond dispute' By Etgar Lefkovits (Jer. Post - January 25, 2001) JERUSALEM (January 26) - Although Islamic Wakf officials are currently denying any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, a 1930 booklet about the site published by the supreme Moslem body in Jerusalem during the British Mandate states categorically that the site's identification with the First Temple is "beyond dispute." Leading Israelis protest against Temple Mount construction By Nadav Shragai (Ha'aretz January 25, 2001) Public figures, intellectuals and archaeologists sent a sharp letter of protest to Prime Minister Ehud Barak at the weekend, condemning what they say are serious violations by the Waqf on the Temple Mount site that endanger important archaeological evidence. Israeli Jew attacked on Temple Mount By Baruch Kra (Ha'aretz August 9) Israeli Jew attacked by Palestinian for appearing to illegally mumble prayer on Temple Mount in Jerusalem ... Israeli Court refuses to halt illegal Arab building on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem By Moshe Reinfeld (Ha'aretz August 9) Ha'aretz: Israeli Court refuses to halt illegal Arab building on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem - leaves it to politicians... Rabbinate to consider establishment of synagogue on the Temple Mount By Nadav Shragai (Ha'aretz August 6) The Chief Rabbinate Council will today consider a proposal by Rabbi She'ar-Yishuv Hacohen, the chief rabbi of Haifa, to establish a synagogue on the Temple Mount. Antiqities boss: Wakf work on Mount caused serious damage By Etgar Lefkovits (Jerusalem Post - July 26, 2000) Antiquities Authority head Amir Drori, who is responsible for supervising the work carried out on the Temple Mount, confirmed yesterday that the Wakf's work on the Mount this year has done serious damage to antiquities. EYE ON THE MEDIA: Desperately Seeking the Temple Mount By Andrea Levin (Tuesday, July 11, 2000) The writer, Executive Director of CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, points out how the US media cevered every inch of what happened when Israel opened the tunnel next to the Temple Mount, but completely ignores the Waqf action of the last months, though both left and right in Israel have petitioned Prime Minister Barak on this important issue. WHY?... Chief Rabbinate of Israel never agreed to Palestinian rule over the Temple Mount Nadav Shragai (Ha'aretz) - July 4 Ha'aretz:The Chief Rabbinate of Israel "never agreed to Palestinian administration of the Temple Mount," protests construction Rabbinate reaffirms status quo on Mount (regarding Jewish religious restrictions pertaining to visiting various locations on the Temple Mount)
Concern on the Temple Mount
Nadav Shragai (Ha'aretz) - July 2
Ha'aretz: Concern large diameter sewer lines introduced in Temple
Mount may cause additional damage
Rabbinate asked to let Jews on Mount
Nadav Shragai (Ha'aretz) - June 30
The Council of the Chief Rabbinate has been petitioned by Rabbis to
allow Jews on the Temple Mount to pray. Archeology head Drori says
serious damage is being done. Government Ministers Beilen and Ben-Ami
claim that the reports are "politically motivated"...
Jordan warns against religious war incitement
Jerusalem Post - June 29
The Jordanian Royal Commission on Jerusalem said today that any action
taken by Israel to damage or alter the status quo on the Temple Mount
will be perceived as an Israeli declaration of religious war, Israel
Radio report.
Barak allows Muslim digging on Temple Mount to continue, sparking protests
CNN - June 29
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Ehud Barak gave Palestinian religious
authorities the go-ahead Wednesday to continue expanding prayer
accommodations at one of the most sensitive sites in Jerusalem,
prompting protests from politicians and archaeologists.
PM permits waqf's work on Temple Mount to continue
Haaretz - June 29
Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday ordered that the waqf, or Islamic
religious trust, be permitted to continue its tiling work on about 200
meters of the eastern wall of the Temple Mount, up to the Golden Gate
(also known as the Gate of Mercy).
PM calls urgent meeting on Temple Mount construction
Haaretz - June 28
Ha'aretz: Wakf steps up construction activity destroying antiquities on
Temple Mount - PM postponed for day or two meeting slated yesterday to
decide to block movement of heavy equipment/trucks to Temple Mount
Transparency on the Temple Mount
Haaretz - June 27
The government authorities' stubborn refusal to accept the committee's
demand that they prevent the destruction of antiquities and reveal waqf
plans for the Temple Mount is likely in coming years to create further
megalomania, and more seriously damage the antiquities
Ha'aretz June 25
Teddy Kollek, A.B. Yehoshua, Yehuda Amichai and S.
Yizharasks PM
to stop Temple Mount building - fear dammage to archeological treasures
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