By going along with the appeasment agenda of the U.S. led Road Map Israel has by default become the opressor and the Ilsamic terrorist the grieved opressed party. Israel is paying the price for surrendering and retreating from their land to reward the Islamic conquerors of Israel. Have you learned where the weak approach leads Israel ? Have you learned what appeasment for no peace bring Israel ? Have you learned what happens when you go out of your way to make peace with those determined to exterminate you ? You don't have much time to put some teeth back in the Lion Israel.

Keep on digging!!!

That is all they know how to do, write scathing language about Israel, meanwhile the world rots and goes nuclear under their watch.

This is remarkable. The people who brought you the forced removal of Jews from Jerusalem in 1948; the people who used stones from the Western Wall to make urinals; the people who prevented a single Jew from praying at the Western Wall from 1948 to 1967 are now bleating like senseless sheep at a repair. The lesson is that if they are allowed to bully like this, Israel will lose. They have made their religion a cover for hatred, terror and threat and if they are not stopped, it will only worsen. Stand fast, Israel. Show them they will have to risk way, way more than bleating, lying and stone-throwing. As for the rest of the world: When, in the name of heaven, do we finally stand up and say "enough" to these radical Arab and Islamic factions.

All of Jerusalem belongs to Israel. The Arab Islamiist-Jihadists who continue to usurp Israel and Israel's territories should be relocated to their homeland--Saudi Arabia and Jordan. The UN should condemn the Arab Islamist-Jihadists for their belligerence, aggressions and attacks on Israel.

Finally we get an objective report from the BBC! The same area can be seen via Google Earth coordinates 31 46 34.89 N, 35 14 01.55 E http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6347077.stm "This work is not inside the Haram. It is outside, leading to the Moors' Gate. The earth ramp fell down and has to be replaced," Father Murphy-O'Connor, author of an Oxford University guide "The Holy Land", told me. "I do not know why the Palestinians have chosen to make an issue out of this. It is a recognised Jewish area under the arrangements that prevail in the Old City. "One can contrast this to the extensive excavations just round the corner in a Muslim area where huge pilgrim hostels from the 8th Century were revealed, with no protest. There has also been no protest over digs at the City of David nearby. "There is absolutely no danger to the foundations of the al-Aqsa mosque since that is built on the huge Herodian blocks that are still there."

This has nothing to do with illegal construction. It only emphasizes powerful radical fanatism of there religion. Frightening. However every dog has there day.

The Muslims dig up the Temple Mount carting away hundreds of artifacts and destroying archaeological context and that's ok. Meanwhile, the Israelis are carefully excavating an unstable area outside of the Temple mount and 1) Muslims riot, and 2) UN must swing into action? Classic dualism and dhimmism projected by the Muzzies.

Some of you have no idea, Israel "invests" billions of sheqels in bridges and tunnels everytime the dosim come and demand to stop building a road or anything else which could profane graves which could be jewish. They do anything possible not to bother the religious guys, and everything possible to upset the muslim world.

If the Arab world really wants to be taken seriously it should stop promoting mass hyesteria. It is really something to see the Arab masses so easily manipulated.

Umm, so if East Jerusalem is occupied as asserted by the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee, who exactly is Israel suppose to relinquish the land back to? Transjordan? There has never been a nation-state called "Palestine" so no entity under that rubric has any political or legal right to Jerusalem either. Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel. Consequently, it can build, renovate, or demolish anything in its capital that it wishes just as any other sovereign state.

This country's actions is making me sick. Why do we have to do things 'davka'? It's like we go looking for problems. If it is offending the Arabs so much, why don't we STOP, and ask them why, maybe show them and explain what we are doing? Our country, I'm sorry to say is a no hoper - and it's going from bad to worse.

who interview the speakers of the Wakf (the Muslims WE have stupidiltly put in charge of the tample, thinking they will learn from us to respect other religous) to ask them a very trivial basic question while they cry over what we sopposedly to their mousq. Ask them: "Do you recognize this place is also the tample muntain holly to the Jews?" That's all. When they answer the viewers might get some idea where their cynical whipping is comming from, and maybe, just maybe be curious enough to go looking for information on the net on what they have been doing the last years to erase any remnant of our hollyest place, the tample, and a priceless archeological asset to human kind. Because I no MSM isn't going to go thus far as to actually get the real story out.

Nobody is doing anything "davka." Israel is acting 100% within its LEGAL rights to excavate in Jerusalem which belongs to Israel. The government does not have to take Arabs' feelings into consideration in order to build a new bridge to replace an old, damaged one. There is no harm being done to the temple mount whatsoever. But this does not stop the Arabs from crying bloody murder just to get some attention and to stir up controversy. Yet again, and partly because of the media for not giving any context by explaining what Israel is actually doing, a huge story tarnishing Israel's reputation has been blown out of proportion for nothing. And I'll say it again... Jerusalem belongs to Israel both politically and legally. The state of Palestine has yet to be created. But I know you self-hating lefties don't care too much for the law, or only care for it when it suits your needs.

You are right on point. We have begun down that slippery slope where We are now required to justify our claim to Jerusalem and to Israel. We are sowing the seed to the dismantling of our Country

Jews living and breathing offend the Arabs. Israel's existence offends the Islamic world. So why don't you do your part and just go somewhere and die ?

you are a moron! its quite obvious that you have never been to the Kotel or you would not make such a dumb comment, there is a serious danger to the womens section at the wall that if they dont fix can cause an avalanch of debri to come crashing down on worshipers below! since when do we have to ask permision to do work on OUR land we dont tell the Muslims what to do in mecca they should not be telling us what to do in jerusalem

Arabs Israeli leaders has internal political interest to make a propoganda by exuses for intervantion and they know for sure that the al-Aqsa Mosque is far away from Mugrabi Gate and no damage to any building. It`s only a matter of such a game that only fooliah and naive people support them.

and the position is that Jordan recognizes the palestinian right for self definition, it includes creation of the palestinian state on the land of the west bank which right now belongs to jordan but is occupied. Jordan maintains care over the west bank, and plenty of the palestinians have jordanian passports but they can't use them in israel... so it's very hard to get out from there abroad. Take a look on some official map, and see that the west bank belongs to Jordan.

Israel has been playing dhimmi since the Oslo Psychosis started. Now we are paying the price and will continue to pay until we stop allowing ourselves to be pushed around.

Remember that it was the Muslims who gave the Jews the right to pray at the western wall of the Al Aqsa mosque, which - as confirmed by the 1929 British government Peel report, is Islamic property.

According to Israei law, prior to any building/renovations archaeological digs have to be undertaken. I'm sure they are afraid of what might be uncovered - perhaps remnants from the Holy Temple??

Number 12!!

Jordan formally relinquished its claims to the West Bank in 1988 during the Palestinian intifada at that time. The United Nations currently considers the territory of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) to be "territory not under the sovereignty of any state" or in legal jargon "de jure".

One of the dumbest comments i have ever read on line!!! Do you really think this is offensive to Muslims??? Can't you see that this is only an excuse to riot??? Muslims are the least people on earth that care about holy sites, including their own (see Iraq and Afghanistan!!) And what would you do if they find your existence offensive? jump off a building to appease them???

And it is Israel who gives the Muslims the right to pray at Al Aqsa Mosque. The Muslims took those rights away from Jews once. High time Israel denied Muslims the right to pray at Al Aqsa.

You don`t know the history. Firstly Kink Solomon built the First Temple on the Temple Mount/ Herod The Great the Second Temple. The Second Temple and its Wesern Wall demolish by the Roman in 70 A.D. After that the place was conquered and occupied by some other nations.

The Arab world has NO red lines nor lack of total chutzpah. Imagine them telling Israel what they can or cannot do at their holiest site AND in their capital city!! Jews, and Christians no less, are not allowed in many Arab countries, and would be killed upon entering Mecca & Medina. Through their terror, through their threats, through all their intimidation tactics it is outrageous that ANY sane person listens to them. But listen they do. The more they scream and kill the more they are paid attention to. If Israel and the west in general is ever to stop their jihad they must put a stop to their own dhimmi behavior. Time is NOT on our side.