Just hours after the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Israeli
Police and Palestinian demonstrators clashed on the Temple Mount/Haram
al-Sharif this past Friday. Following noon
prayer, Palestinians began to celebrate as they waved flags and banners—some supporting
Hamas. At some point the Israeli police
were called to the mount. It is
uncertain what exactly triggered the conflict.
The confrontation ended within an hour.
For a video that does not show what prompted the confrontation, but
shows the Israeli police forcing individuals off the mount click
here.
The Temple
Mount reopened on Sunday morning to Jews, following its closure to Jewish
visitors during the final days of Ramadan and the conflict between Israel and
Hamas. Although a number of rabbis and
ministers of the Knesset approved, Moshe
Gafni, chairman of the United Torah Judaism Party, called on President
Netanyahu not to reopen the site. He said, “the Temple was destroyed because of
our sins, and those who go up to the Temple Mount are liable for spiritual excommunication….Not
going up to the mount is the deepest proof of our association with this holy
place to which we turn from all over the world when we pray.”
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| Jews visit Temple Mount on Sunday (photo: Or Nehemiah Aharonov) |
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