lennart
24-01-03, 13:06
Sharon tells rabbis: Jews will be allowed back on Temple Mount
By Nadav Shragai, Ha'aretz Correspondent
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon held a secret meeting several weeks ago with rabbis from the Council of West Bank Settlements (Yesha Council), where there were discussion over reopening the Temple Mount to Jewish worshippers.
Sharon told the rabbis that he was still determined to allow Jews to enter the Temple Mount compound. The meeting lasted around three hours, and was attended by Rabbis Elyakim Lebanon, Shlomo Aviner, Yigal Kaminsky, Daniel Shilo and Moredechai Rabinovic, who told the prime minister that antiquities on the Temple Mount were being destroyed by works being carried out.
One of the rabbis told Sharon that he came to power party because of his September 2000 visit to the Temple Mount, but that he risks losing power if he does not act quickly to reopen the holy site to Jews. Sharon asked the rabbis to allow him to work behind the scenes toward this goal.
Sharon was also told of a growing number of protestors who circle the gates of the Tample Mount once a month, to protest the ban on Jewish worshippers there. The prime minister said that he would be interested in joining the protestors.
Sinds Sharon de tempelberg bezocht in Augustus 2000 en wat het startpunt was van de 2de Intifidah, mochten Joodse gelovigen de tempelberg niet meer bezoeken. Het gaat hier dus niet om de klaagmuur, maar om de berg zelf. Ik gok dat Sharon de tempelberg opengooit wanneer de VS Iraq binnenvallen. Verwacht enorme rellen.
By Nadav Shragai, Ha'aretz Correspondent
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon held a secret meeting several weeks ago with rabbis from the Council of West Bank Settlements (Yesha Council), where there were discussion over reopening the Temple Mount to Jewish worshippers.
Sharon told the rabbis that he was still determined to allow Jews to enter the Temple Mount compound. The meeting lasted around three hours, and was attended by Rabbis Elyakim Lebanon, Shlomo Aviner, Yigal Kaminsky, Daniel Shilo and Moredechai Rabinovic, who told the prime minister that antiquities on the Temple Mount were being destroyed by works being carried out.
One of the rabbis told Sharon that he came to power party because of his September 2000 visit to the Temple Mount, but that he risks losing power if he does not act quickly to reopen the holy site to Jews. Sharon asked the rabbis to allow him to work behind the scenes toward this goal.
Sharon was also told of a growing number of protestors who circle the gates of the Tample Mount once a month, to protest the ban on Jewish worshippers there. The prime minister said that he would be interested in joining the protestors.
Sinds Sharon de tempelberg bezocht in Augustus 2000 en wat het startpunt was van de 2de Intifidah, mochten Joodse gelovigen de tempelberg niet meer bezoeken. Het gaat hier dus niet om de klaagmuur, maar om de berg zelf. Ik gok dat Sharon de tempelberg opengooit wanneer de VS Iraq binnenvallen. Verwacht enorme rellen.