Eye of the Storm: Violence Atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount is again in the headlines as Jewish groups press their religious rights and local Muslims respond with a fresh wave of violence
Jerusalem’s Temple Mount is again in the headlines as
Jewish groups press their religious rights and local Muslims respond
with a fresh wave of violence
Muslim “worshippers” hurl stones at IsraeliS
Premeditated confrontation: Local Muslims came prepared for a fight
Israeli police respond with tear gas and other anti-riot methods
Flashpoint: It’s not uncommon for the holidays, Muslim and Jewish, to be marred by tension and violence in Jerusalem
Holy site? Muslims stockpiled stones and other crude weapons inside Al
Aqsa Mosque in preparation for a fight with Israeli forces
This year Passover falls in the middle of the Muslim holy month of
Ramadan, adding fuel to this ongoing religious conflict. It also means
the Temple Mount was more packed than usual as Jews looked to their
holiest site during the Biblical festival
It’s all about Jerusalem: In Gaza, Hamas and other local terror groups
rally against what they call the Jewish “assault” on IslamThe Temple Mount in Jerusalem is again at the epicenter of renewed hostilities between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Muslims, fueled by the confluence this year of Ramadan and Passover (and Easter).
A small religious Jewish group made headlines after it offered monetary reward for any Jews willing to attempt to sacrifice a Passover Lamb atop the Temple Mount. Israeli authorities stressed that they simply would not let that happen, but the Muslims nevertheless used the “threat” of Jewish religious ceremony to incite fresh violence.
Palestinian Muslim “worshippers” began to stockpile stones and other crude weapons inside the Al Aqsa Mosque, ostensibly Islam’s third holiest site. Rather than give them a chance to use those weapons against Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall below, Israeli security forces on Saturday and Sunday breached the mosque and clashed with the Muslim rioters.
Hundreds have thus far been wounded on both sides, and the ongoing situation has elicited International condemnation of Israel and threatened to bring down the unity government in Jerusalem.
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