Protest: Stop Temple Mount Discrimination, Desecration

by Maayana Miskin
Jewish activists held a demonstration Thursday to protest anti-Jewish discrimination on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. While Muslims are allowed to pray freely at the site, Jews are allowed to enter the area only in small groups, and may not pray while there.

The Temple Mount is the holiest place on earth according to Jewish tradition. It was the site of the First Temple and Second

Temple.The activists accused police of discriminating against Jews in an attempt to appease the Muslim Wakf religious authority. Police limit the number of Jewish worshipers allowed on the Temple Mount at one time in order to prevent conflict with Muslim worshipers and have often closed the Mount to Jews in response to Muslim riots – despite evidence that Muslim riots have been planned in advance for the specific purpose of forcing Jews out.

Protesters also spoke out about Muslim desecration of the holy site. While the Wakf claims the site is holy to Islam as the home of the Al-Aksa Mosque, Muslims often use the site for mundane activities such as picnics and soccer games as well as for prayers – activities which Jewish tradition sees as offensive to the holy nature of the area. 

Muslim boys play soccer on the Temple Mount (Flash 90).

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SPECIAL APPEAL: Donations needed for Temple Mount Protest movement!

July 16, 2011 by The Mount

Sign reads: End The Discrimination on the Temple Mount - Returning the Mount to the Nation

On Thursday, members of the “Nation with the Mount” movement rallied and demanded that the government return Jewish prayer and sovereignty to the Temple Mount and clamp down on Arab acts of desecration on the site like soccer games and picnics.

The protest movement has already picked up steam as many more people are interested in participating in the next rally which will be held on Thursday at 7:00pm in Jerusalem.

We are asking everyone to make a minimum $10.00 donation to help us gain more steam and return Jewish sovereignty to the Mount!

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