Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount won a legal victory Sunday, with police deciding they will no longer record the names of Jewish entrants to the holy site. The decision came after activists threatened to take the matter to the High Court.
The issue of discriminatory registration came to light thanks to alert Jewish visitors to the Mount, Attorney Naftali Wertzberger told Arutz Sheva. Visitors saw that Muslims and other non-Jews who entered were asked to show IDs and then allowed to enter, while when Jews entered, police took their ID cards and wrote something in a notebook before letting them pass.
In addition, some Jews who were questioned by police were asked about previous visits to the Temple Mount at specific times, giving more proof that police were keeping track of Jewish entrance to the site. Read the rest on: Arutz7
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