Thursday, February 22, 2018

February 22, 2018 -- Two US congressmen detained on the Temple Mount.


Two United States congressmen, Scott Tipton and David McKinley, were detained by Israeli police after visiting the Temple Mount on Thursday morning.  According to one of their guides  Avi Abelow, Tipton and McKinley were questioned for taking a branch from an olive tree from the compound.  The congressmen and their wives where escorted by Rabbi Chaim Richman, Abelow, and others. 


There is a video online that shows the detaining of the two congressmen, who were detained for about five minutes.  The episode occurs between 10:30-6:02 minutes remaining in the video.

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