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| Hamas leader threatens Israel over ‘plans’ for Temple Mount |
| 2022-12-15 |
| [IsraelTimes] Haniyeh says ’sword of Jerusalem’ will protect holy site amid Paleostinian concerns incoming police minister Ben Gvir will alter delicate status quo The political leader of the Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, terrorist group, Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... , threatened retaliation on Tuesday to any changes to the status quo at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The esplanade is the holiest place for Jews as the site of the Biblical temples, while the al-Aqsa Mosque, which sits atop the mount, is the third-holiest place for Moslems, who believe that the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven from there. "We will absolutely not permit the implementation of Zionist plans at the al-Aqsa Mosque or in Jerusalem more broadly," Haniyeh said in an address commemorating Hamas’s 35th anniversary. "The sword of Jerusalem has not and will not be sheathed," he said. "It may wear a condom for safety, but that's it!" Hamas supporters refer to its latest major flareup with Israel in May 2021 as the "Sword of Jerusalem Battle." The terror group claims that the rockets it fired during that conflict were retaliation for Israeli security forces entering the al-Aqsa Mosque after Paleostinians threw stones and other objects at them. Israel claimed illusory sovereignty over all of Jerusalem after its victory in the 1967 Six Day War, but allowed the Islamic Waqf, a Jordanian institution, to retain its administrative authority over the mount. Jews are allowed to visit the site, but not pray there, in a delicate status quo that has been slipping as some Jewish Haniyeh’s comments come amid speculation that the appointment of far-right Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir to the position of national security minister might usher in policy changes that would allow Jews to pray in a more conspicuous manner at the site. Police have for decades enforced the Jewish prayer ban as a public security measure. On Monday, Ben Gvir called for an end to the prayer restrictions, which he said constituted anti-Jewish "apartheid" at the holy site. During coalition-building negotiations, expected incoming prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the right-wing Likud party reportedly shot down an Otzma Yehudit proposal to change the status quo on the mount. A poll in May found that 50 percent of Israeli Jews think Jews should be allowed to pray at the site. Three out of four respondents said they supported that view because Jewish prayer demonstrates Israeli illusory sovereignty. Many rabbis, however, interpret Jewish law as prohibiting visits to the Temple Mount because visitors could tread on sacred ground. Israel’s Chief Sephardic rabbi, Yitzhak Yosef, condemned Ben Gvir’s periodic ascents as "blasphemy ...the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence to a deity, or sacred objects, or toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Some religions consider it to be a crime. In Pakistain you can commit blasphemy by looking cross-eyed at a Koran... " in June. Minor changes to the status quo at the holy site or even rumors of such changes have sparked ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... terror groups. In 2017, a decision to place metal detectors and cameras at the compound following a deadly attack there sparked several days of angry protests and condemnation from Israel’s Moslem neighbors. Hamas’s Haniyeh, an Islamist, said on Tuesday that "Hamas has made a compact with our people over the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque and has preserved the depth of the Islamic sense of connection to our Jerusalem and our al-Aqsa." Haniyeh’s broadcast displayed the message "al-Aqsa in danger" and a Hamas logo prominently featuring the Dome of the Rock, located in the Mosque complex. Vitriol from terrorist organizations like Hamas is often seen as fueling festivities in Jerusalem, like the ones in April that saw 160 Paleostinians maimed and Israeli security forces moving on the al-Aqsa complex. |
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