Temple Mount Synagogue

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Synagogue Planned For Temple Mount, Hashemites to Add Minaret
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 / 18 Tishrei 5767

MK Uri Ariel (National Union) is drawing up plans to construct a
synagogue on the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site. Jordan's King
plans to build a fifth minaret on the site as well.

The synagogue would be build upon the Temple Mount, but in an area
that is indisputably not within the areas that require immersion and
other preparations, according to Jewish law.

Ariel says that the synagogue would not change the Muslim status quo
on the mount, which is home to the Al-Aksa Mosque and the Dome of the
Rock.

"This is not a new idea," Ariel stressed, "it has been brought up and
considered countless times since the [1967] Six Day War [during which
the Temple Mount was liberated from Jordanian occupation –ed.]."

The plan will be submitted to the Jerusalem municipality and the
Committee for Design and Construction for approval. Ariel says that
every aspect of the plan will be submitted to leading Torah scholars
for approval.

The National Union MK, who visited the Temple Mount himself Monday,
said that such a plan was an opportunity for the Muslim world to prove
it is capable of rising above the violence and intolerance that have
surfaced in the past year as a result of papal remarks and political
cartoon portraying Islam's founder Muhammad. Referring to Ariel's
visit to the holy site, MK Talab el-Sana (Ta'al) said
the "provocation" would bring nothing but "war and bloodshed."

MK Ariel points out that every ruling by Israel's Supreme Court
regarding the matter of the Temple Mount has recognized the right of
every Jew to pray on the Temple Mount. "This is rectification of a
historic injustice, much more than the transport to Israel of
[Theodore] Herzl's children's bones [as was done recently, in
accordance with his wishes ed.].

"Since the destruction of the Holy Temple, the loss of our
independence and the start of our exile and oppression during the
destruction of the Second Temple, the Jewish presence at the site of
our temple has always been an unmistakable symbol. The Romans,
Byzantines and Crusaders expelled us and prevented Jews from entering
Jerusalem, because they couldn't stand to allow the Jewish nation to
serve its G-d at this holy site. This synagogue will not interfere
with believing Moslems who wish to pray at the Al-Aksa Mosque. On the
contrary, this is an opportunity for the Moslem world to demonstrate
and prove that it is tolerant enough."

Meanwhile, Jordan's King Abdullah II has donated a huge carpet to the
Al-Aqsa Mosque and has announced a contest to design a fifth minaret
for the mosque. The existing minarets have been affixed with green
neon lights in recent years, dominating the Jerusalem skyline. The
planned minaret would be constructed along the eastern wall of the
Temple Mount and would be clearly visible towering above the Western
Wall.

The project requires approval by the Israeli government before it can
begin.

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