And every square inch of our land. This tiny land is ours. We owe nothing to Fictional Palestine.

is that people revere and worship stones and walls and call them holy. The temple Mount, The Kaaba, Amritsar and a multitude of extravagant cathedrals and mosques which were in the main built with human blood and by impoverished peasants "doing the work of God". These "holy" stones have caused strife, war, suffering and death on an unimaginable scale. They are also a sad reflection on the values that Man sets for himself, stones taking preference over life.

the palestinian arab mufti haj husseini gave hitler the idea of totally annihilating our people, both in europe and in british 'palestine'. look it up if you don't believe me. So on both ends of the spectrum in the same holy city that you acknowledge there are actually two book-ends; the arab muslim victory edifice standing on top of the carcass of our holy Temple & holy grounds and the victims of the Holocaust/Shoah created by the same religion that defiled the holy grounds of our holy Temple. Is this news to you? Write about it in your next essay.

You never learn from history, you exist and live as a western christian project against the Islamic world< you are part of chrossaders wars against Islam, your myth about temple is baseless and only stupid dreams, you stay here is very short

Ever since the time of caliph omar and the ummayad era jews have been praying on the temple mount without any problems. As an arab, israelis have missed a trick. They should show waqf arab histories where jews were allowed to pray on the mount and ask them a simple question if caliph omar saw it fit to allow jews to pray on the mount then who are these waqf guys to deny current jews this right?

The author fuels here a dangerous flame. Firstly, he ignores the fact that most Israeli Jews are not religious, and for them the Temple is not the "true center and heart". Secondly, the control on the Temple has been given to the Jordanian Waqf in the peace treaty with Jordan. Does Mr. Meltzer want to put the accord in jeopardy or perhaps annul it altogether, and set up an open enemy on our longest border ? I hope that the author does not aspire to replace the Muslim Temples on the Mount with a Jewish Third Temple, and probably engender an all out war (Jihad) of the Muslim world against Israel for the destruction of their third preponderant holy site.

Without the Tora & Judaism there is no need for Israel! It's about time the Jews in Israel 'get it!

Jerusalem & the Temple was commanded by The Lord G-D Himself. If anything, the Pagan religion is governed by the moon and there was never a "Jerusalem" mentioned. Nothing more said

"Defense Minister Dayan immediately ceded internal administrative control of the Temple Mount compound to the Jordanian Waqf (Islamic trust) while overall security control of the area was maintained by Israel. Dayan announced that Jews would be allowed to visit the Temple Mount, but not to hold religious services there." This was in 1967 and had nothing to do with the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. Actually, just like releasing terrorist murderers, this was a "good will gesture" by Israel that failed.

aren't Jews supposed to wait for the Messiah to come before going onto the Temple Mount. Isn't it one of the prophecy's that the Messiah will build the third temple

Contrary to the Humanitarian parts of the Laws of the Bible like the Fiftieth year Land redistribution and debt forgiveness after seven years the temple of Solomon was built with severe Taxes which his son arrogantly and sadistically refused to relieve and the Nation Split .Herod was much worse .Visits to Yad Vashem are more important for the Shoah Sears the Jewish Memory and Demands Never Again.

..... belongs to Israel. But, even if Palestinian State is not created, Islamic people, except terrorists, have full rights to pray there, in the Mosque. Your State is Democratic and Humanist, much different than Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sudan, etc. Never forget it.

The Evil genie is out of the Bottle. It all began in 1967 when the Israeli Forces reclaimed all of Jerusalem but in a moment of weakness and misguided secular-Jewish largesse decided to allow the Muslim's Al Aksa Mosque to remain undisturbed on Temple Mount. Temple Mount is a Spiritual Vortex, given to the Jewish Nation to safeguard by the Holy ONE, the Omnipotent Force of all Forces in the Universe, with strict instructions as to what is allowed and forbidden on this most Awesome and powerful Spiritual Powerplant on planet earth. The Jewish People have no Spiritual claim to the Holy Land when they do not fulfill their 'part of the bargain', that is, their G-d given responsibility under the Covenant to serve as Custodians of the Mount. In effect, fulfilling that responsibility, more than any historical claims or 'legal' titles of ownership is what gives legitimacy to the Jewish possession of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. On a deep and subconscious spiritual level this truth is felt if not understood not only by the European Union and United Nations but particularly by our half brothers in the Muslim world who have rightfully concluded the weakness and spiritual faithlessness of the Jewish Nation in spurning G-d's Will. Their fraudulent possession of Temple Mount and the Israeli Government's complicity in reinforcing of this fraud by officially forbidding any Jewish prayer or even for Jews to set foot there has caused a world-shattering metaphysical imbalance, a short-circuit so to speak. Since 1967 the cancer of Radical Islam has metastasized world-wide, threatening every civilization with physical and spiritual destruction. The 9-11 attacks, Islamic unrest and Sharia in Europe, everywhere Islam has a presence, the dread and unspeakable menace of two nuclear armed Islamic States, Pakistan and soon Iran just to name a very few nightmares. Is this a coincidence? Is it a coincidence that all three major religions hold Jerusalem as sacred ground to be fought and died for? A coincidence that Jerusalem is never mentioned in Islam's holiest book, Koran, yet thousands of times in Jewish Scripture! The truth is that nothing can stop this Cancer from spreading. Not Armed forces, Drone assassinations, Civil laws or security checkpoints. Not even the false panacea of a 'successful' political settlement with Arab Palestinians in Judea/Samaria for 'Palestinian' Statehood there will turn the tide and return the 'Genie' to the 'box'. Those are nothing but band-aids on soon-to-be terminal cancer. And more and more as the nations of the world, including formerly friendly ones in European Capitols and Washington D.C. Quietly have begun to openly question the merits, even the 'legitimacy' of the Jewish State, the situation facing Israel has become dire. Far worse than Iranian nukes is this other threat. Sadly, more and more American Jews have come to question Israeli status in that region. The BDS movement grows on American University campuses, most troubling as it now includes growing numbers of young liberal Jewish students, men and women. Militarily, politically, philosophically, morally ...Israel is becoming weakened on many fronts. It is not certain the Jewish State can survive much longer under the expanded front. Unless...The Jewish Nation will do what should have been done in 1967. Remove the Al Aksa from Temple Mount. Restore the balance to the Spiritual Vortex as was intended by the Holy ONE. There Is No Other Way. Yes, it will be painful. The region and world will bleed with Muslim fury and world-violence. For a while. And then, the cancer will die as the Genie of Spiritual imbalance is returned to the Bottle. There Is No Other Way. And Time Is Running Out. Yoelarry KOZMAN

In honor of my 30 years in Israel my family and I celebrated the event the best way possible, the closest place where our roots started, the Temple Mount. It was a wonderful experience to get up early and go to the Mikva and say a Bracha and purify ourselves so to be able to go up to the place that once upon a time was Our Temple our holiest place that ever existed. Even though we can not pray with our lips there is nothing wrong to pray with our hearts. I recommend that every Jew, religious or not just try it once, I prey that all our leaders including our PM try it as well. If you don't provoke trouble and follow the rules then there is nothing to worry about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBjopVYY6Ec

God didn't create Israel to be humanist. The Islamic people can go pray in Mecca.

Israel doesn't exist against Islam they exist in spite of Islam. Jews and their temple existed long before your pedophile prophet gave birth to Islam. The God of Israel will ensure that Israel and Jews stay put. If you want to hear a stupid dream Sameer how about this one. A group of people decide to follow a deity that cannot defend himself without the help of his followers against teddy bears and Danish cartoonists. They think this deity is actually going to give them 72 virgins. You have lost multiple wars against Israel and yet you losers keep trying and say WE don't learn from history. We have nothing to learn from you except to use as a bad example. You have nothing to give to the world except your hate for anything that isn't Islam.

One would think that after losing one war after another against Israel when you outnumber them so much that YOU would learn from history. Israel has a real God that doesn't need protection from teddy bears and cartoonists. Israel is here to stay so get used to it.

Indeed, it has much connected to the Peace Treaty with Jordan. Article 9 of this treaty states that "Israel recognized the special role of Jordan in Muslim Holy shrines in Jerusalem and committed itself to give high priority to the Jordanian historic role in these shrines in negotiations on the permanent status." Hence, transferring the Jordanian Waqf's administrative control of the site to Israel will be a violation of the pact.

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