Sunday, October 11, 2009

PA rachets up rhetoric: compares Jews praying on Temple Mount to bombing; decries sharing Cave of the Patriarchs

Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs, has separate Muslim & Jewish prayer spaces

Jews Praying on Mount is Like 'Suicide Bombing'

Mohammed Dahlan [pictured right], a top Palestinian Authority official, told Israel Radio that Israel was aggravating the situation by sending Jewish worshippers to pray on the Temple Mount. According to Dahlan, Israel's purpose is to "split" the Temple Mount into Jewish and Muslim areas, much as the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hevron is shared by worshippers.

Dahlan said that Jewish worshippers on the Temple Mount were, as far as the Arabs were concerned, a tragedy as terrible as a suicide bombing was for Jews.
(IsraelNN.com)
[Note: Since Israeli law already forbids non-Muslim prayer on the Temple Mount, the PA seems to consider non-Muslims visiting as a provocation.]

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