Arabs stone police, tourists on Temple Mount
Israel news photo: Flash 9 0 (archive)
Dozens of Arab stone tourists and police on the Temple Mount, a day after a former Muslim Mufti warned of a possible “break-in” by Jews.
Dozens of Arab stoned tourists and police on the Temple Mount Sunday morning, a day after a former Muslim Mufti warned of a possible “break-in” by Jews.
Police arrested three of the stone-throwers, and no one was injured. The holy site remains open for visitors.
Police closed the Temple Mount to non-Muslims one day last week after an apparent political prank that featured posters of Jewish Leadership faction leader Moshe Feiglin calling for the destruction of Arab mosques on the Temple Mount and building the Third Temple.
Sunday’s violence may have been prompted by a sermon on Saturday by former Jerusalem mufti Ekrema Sabri, who warned that alleged Israeli extremists “might implement their threats to break into the Al-Aqsa mosque tomorrow (Sunday) morning.” Read the rest on: Arutz7
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