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Dome of the Rock 'erased' from Temple Mount
Kobi Nahshoni
Published: 15.08.08, 08:08
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1. Appalled? That's how ISRAEL was built!
Terry ,   Chicago, IL   (08.15.08)
Anyone even remotely surprised is a huge hypocrite. Israel was 'built' on the ruins of the Palestinians' homes and livelihood. - Note: let me stop all 'talkbackers' right here before they press the "Reply" button and begin a futile attempt to reject my statements. Ben Gurion, Israel's first PM, was very clear that every city, village and settlement in modern-day "Israel" had, at one point, a now-uprooted Palestinian population- So don't act all surprised. Israel might even pull it off. I mean, God did ordain its establishment. Pathetic. Any society based on racist pseudo religious claims to 'superiority' or 'entitlement' is doomed from the get-go. One can only hope the reasonable Israelis- assuming they exist- try to push for an Arab-inclusive state (I don't say 'binational' because "Israelis" are really a collection of Europeans, Ethiopeans, Iranians and Arab Jews). You're going to realize it sooner or later. Either embrace tolerance and survive for centuries or embrace bigotry and go out in the flames you've started. May God be with you.
2. Who owns the Land Deed?
Moshe ,   Gush Etzion,Israel   (08.15.08)
Moslem history goes back only 1780 years ago to their own account.The Romans record burning our 2nd Temple 79A.D. The Babylonians destrroyed the First Temple 350 years before that.But a Mosque is a Mosque even if built on a Hindu Temple site in India and cause for killings!No need to argue with those who want "Piece Now".A piece of Spain,Africa,Europe.A "PieceNow" everywhere.
3. so if the dome of the rock disappears...
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (08.15.08)
jews will still be praying to the western wall?
4. Oh Terry...
lbnaz   (08.15.08)
Ben Gurion never said and never was "very clear that every city, village and settlement in modern-day "Israel" had, at one point, a now-uprooted Palestinian population-" Undeservedly smug and total blithering Idiot that you are, you confused an anti-Israel fabrication of a Moshe Dayan quote, in which anti-Israel propagandists omitted a key sentence in order to portray Dayan's words exactly the opposite of what he actually said. Go have a lie down Terry, it's past time for your nap.
5. Actually there is no need to destroy al-Aqsa...
David G   (08.15.08)
There is a common mistake among people (even many Muslims) that Al-Aqsa mosque (which is considered the third holiest site in Islam) is the same as the dome of the rock. Actually it is the smaller sliver domed building on the southern side. The southern side also happened to be the least important part of the temple mount. The only real issue is the Dome of the Rock which is largely just a monument. That is where the third temple is supposed to be located. Maybe in the future we will have the technology to move the dome to a different site in a safe in peaceful manner. But that dose not have anything to do with Al-Aqsa. There is no reason I can think of that the Third temple and that Mosque cannot stand together on the temple mount.
6. Terry , what are the so called "palestinians ?
(08.15.08)
They mostly came here after Jews began to build and needed work force in the 1880s . They came from countries as far as Yemen and Soudan .There were always arabs here , but also Jews . Tell me , who wanted to reject all the Jews in the sea ? Did Jews sometime declare that they will exterminate all the arabs ? "arab" villages were in many cases empty . They left when there was no work here . And , most of the "palestinian" refugees , you call uproated , left their homes when listening to their leaders who told them : you will return in the footsteps of our victorious armies who will throw all the Jews in the sea .
7. Stupid
DM ,   Amsterdam   (08.15.08)
They forgot to take out the trees!!!!
8. OF COURSE. The Dome has nothing to do with the HOLY KOTEL
Miriam ,   Israel   (08.15.08)
where the 3rd Bet Hamikdash will bimherah beyamenu be built and therefore does not belong on a Jewish pamphlet.
9. a reply for Terry #1
Allan ,   Ramat Ilan, Israel   (08.15.08)
You seem to judge very well Israel dont you? You seem to say that Israel is a false country etc etc. Well here are some facts for you. Israel did not drive out the Palestinians, as there were no Palestinians, there were arabs who lived in the British Mandate. So, lets begin shall we by saying the Arabs that did leave were partly ordered to do so by the Arab high command. Unfortunately for them, they lost in their war of 1948 to drive the Jews into the sea and instead of resettling these arabs in host countries they left them to rot. The Arabs that stayed behind are now Israeli citizens, with more rights that most citizens in arab countries. As for your message about Jews, tell me where are the Palestinians from? Where are Arabs from? Arabia, so are you telling me they should all go back to arabia? Or i have a better idea for you, since Islam started with the killing of a Jewish tribe in Medina, perhaps we should ask for Medina back from Arabia then. Or is it just Israel your concerned about. On the last part of your comment, you say Israel should embrace tolerance, tell me, been to Lebanon or Syria lately? Then see what a lack of tolerance is, but wait i expect you just like to talk about the big bad Israeli's with their tiny little country that makes up 1% of the middle east land mass.
10. #1 Terry in Chicago.
Terry ,   Eilat, Israel   (08.15.08)
The Mosque is built on the ruins of OUR Temple. The Arab occupation was built on the ruins of OUR country. The names of almost every site in Israel are derived from the original HEBREW name. Muslims (& Christians, I might add) were always expropriating other people's religious sites, usually after a MILITARY conquest. Muslims have never had the slightest hesitation in destroying other people's history & culture. They should then find it unsurprising that some people would seek to take their sites back, reciprocity being an excellent principle in all things.
11. Palestinian maps do not show Israel...
orli naaman ,   Jerusalem ISRAEL !   (08.15.08)
thank you to the lady who lives in a house on Indian land... No! THIS LAND WAS OURS BEFORE IT WAS STOLEN FROM US...many (BUT NOT ALL!) Israelis being dispersed through the earth...but your virtol isn't really worth answering. poison often has the 'final word' because of it's shocking taste.
12. Not the 1st time this happened...
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem Israel   (08.15.08)
This is not news worthy.
13. Racism
JojO ,   Germany   (08.15.08)
THis is the highest kind of racism that people can have......
14. #7 -No, not stupid.
Nathan Rai ,   Bangalore   (08.15.08)
The trees were left as they were. The trees dont aim at the wiping out of Israel.
15. Arab presence on Temple Mount
Hilda ,   US   (08.15.08)
The mistake was made in1967 when the brave IDF captured the Mt. But what did they do ? They turned contol back to the Mullas. Remember when Jordan captured Jerusalem , they had no problem in destroying the synagogues, denying Jews the right to pray at the wall and pillage the cemetaries using the steles to pave roads and floors of horse latrines. Renenber teh Mosque was only built there in the first place because it was done to erase Jewish presence from the Mount.
16. # 6 is mine
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (08.15.08)
17. #1 Terry the liar, love your fantasy!
David ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (08.15.08)
Will you be handing your house in Chicago back to the native indians? They sure have more right then any of these arab thieves, to land claims. Lovely picture! May it come true soon and in our time!
18. The Great Lie about Jerusalem.
Robert Bernier   (08.15.08)
Recorded history has been obliterated by the recent false claims made in the name of radical Islamic fundamentalism supported by the silence of scholars unwilling to face a "fatwa" of assassination, the world media, with full access to Biblical scholars and historical files, have instead accepted the Great Lie. They carry it forward without question and with a certain perverse enthusiasm, having refused to use the Bible as a resource ‒ the most accurate historic record of contemporary events of ancient times. They also have neglected to publicize the historic documents that attest the Jewish ownership of Jerusalem, including Arab sources. The history of Jerusalem and the site of the Jewish Holy Temple, constructed in 956 b.c.e. by King Solomon, son of King David, is fully described with minute detail in the Torah. The First Temple was later destroyed by the Babylonian King Nebukhadnetzar in 586 b.c.e. The Second Temple was rebuilt by order of Koresh (Cyrus), the King of Persia, who also paid for its reconstruction and ordered the return of the Jews exiled in Babylon. The Second Temple was completed and consecrated in 515 b.c.e. as explained in details at : http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2007/12/myths-and-facts-about-jerusalem-and.html
19. Islamic interest in the Temple Mount starts in 1967.
Robert Bernier   (08.15.08)
Jerusalem simply never held any sanctity for the muslims themselves, but only for the Jews in their domain. It can be seen that significant Islamic interest in the Temple Mount does not precede the Six-Day War. The 13th century Arab biographer Yakut noted: «Mecca is holy to muslims; Jerusalem is holy to the Jews». PLO leader Yassir Arafat and the Arabs claimed the Holy Jewish Temple Mount and Jerusalem based upon one extraordinarily huge lie told over and over again. The truth is simple Jerusalem is Jewish and should never be devided again as described at : http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2007/12/myths-and-facts-about-jerusalem-and.html
20. Allan and Terry #1
Jeff ,   Athens,Ala....USA   (08.15.08)
Allen, try not to confuse Terry with the truth. It goes against his leftist life to see that him and Jimmy Carter have hatred in thier hearts for the Jews
21. the world is not Jewish
(08.15.08)
don't ban access of the Muslim world to the temple mount. they will have access re-established whether you wish or not.
22. I know some really good contractors that can lift that
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.15.08)
building up.......put beams under it with a huge chassis system......and hit the road to Mecca With it. They won't dump a shard of masonry on the way. Then muslims can run races around the Dome of the Rock like a Nascar Event in the United States.
23. 1# If you dig a little deeper in the dirt.
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.15.08)
Palestinian homes were built on expelled Jews lands from centuries earlier. But hey......anyone can ignore one part of history for another, to try to validate their point of view. These talkbackers are right though.....you are sitting on my Native American land. Do you plan to immigrate back to Europe soon? If you really believe that zionism is bad........how about zenoism? Zenophobic theocracy, that foments violence, to expel non secular muslim's from all muslim area's. Area's that just so happen to have been stolen in previous centuries, to begin with. Muslim's always show up and takeover your property with the mantra.....we care....but we don't share. Zenoism lives wildly in the Muslim brotherhood. They paln on taking over the world with their manifest destiny of Zenoism by the sword. Zenoism is rampant in the Muslim ideology.....it is their cause and a cult belief. They want to take over the world by force. If it means killing the infidel then so be it. Zenoism at work.
24. 21# They aren't muslim either.
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.15.08)
25. #21: So, The Arabs Will Allow Judaism To Prosper?
emanon ,   USA   (08.15.08)
Not! The appeasement approach towards the Religion of Hatred has been tried. All anyone has received for their compassion was death or the banning of their beliefs. The world may not be Jewish, but the Religion of Hatred wants you or wants you dead.
26. #21: So, Arabs Will Allow Jews Access To Mount?
emanon ,   USA   (08.15.08)
I don't think so. So far the religion of hate has shown the world how they repay any show of compassion: Convert or Die. They have also shown that even if you convert, you better convert to the proper branch or you die. For that matter, they are killing their own born and raised religious brother because they are on the wrong side of their warped beliefs. No thank you. No member of the religion of hate in Jerusalem.
27. To Jojo in Germany
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (08.15.08)
The highest (or should I say lowest?) form of racism that people can have is rounding up people of the "wrong" race and burning them in ovens. You in Germany should keep your freaking mouth shut.
28. "islamic" movement: "Incitement"?
Arie ,   BaGolan   (08.15.08)
The hypocrisy of islam always comes to the forth in every comment uttered by them. This is ;incitement'? Yet their constant calls to eradicate the Jewish State even through the use of violence is ok! In the interim, they have no qualms about demands for the JEWISH State to subsidize the schools they operate where they teach TRUE hatred and violence
29. Let's go back even "further" in History,
Jay ,   USA   (08.15.08)
shall we? Have you already forgotten "God's (Big g)" promise to Abraham? I suppose that Islam's false claims have deceived even you!
30.  Temple
Chief Pontiac ,   US   (08.15.08)
#1 Terry from Chicago IL no doubt you are talking about the US tacitly- murder removal and of the native American such as the Illinois Indians. Set the example dude and depart the USA so the natives return. Jews have returned to Israel and ousted the Arab colonialists, most of whom departed voluntarily to give room to invading Arab armies. They lost . TUFF. Now when do you leave US Terry Hypocrite ?
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