Israel Agreed to Let Gazans Pray on Temple Mount
September 30, 2014At a weekly Palestinian Authority (PA) unity government meeting on Tuesday, it was announced that Israel had agreed to allow Arab residents of Gaza to travel to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
The move comes as part of a general increase in the number of Gaza residents allowed to travel into Judea and Samaria, a gesture in the ongoing ceasefire talks between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas, which are to resume in Cairo in the last week of October. The talks come amid reports that Hamas has renewed its terrorist preparations to attack Israel.
Arab rioters have already been attacking police officers and Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, on a regular basis – last Wednesday ahead of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana) that violence boiled over in wild riots. It has been revealed that Hamas has been actively fanning the violence and funding riots on the Temple Mount to create instability in Israel.
The move to let Gaza residents pray at the site may strike some as ironic given that Jewish prayer at the holy site has been forbidden by the Jordanian Waqf (Islamic trust), which remains in de facto rule over the Temple Mount.
On Tuesday the PA unity government also gave its backing to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s statements before the UN General Assembly last Friday, in which he accused Israel of fighting a “war of genocide” in Gaza, and of committing a new “nakba” (catastrophe in Arabic) expelling Arab residents.
The PA government expressed its disappointment at the White House’s criticism of Abbas’s speech, calling on it to support the “a just and stable peace in the Middle East on the basis of the rights of self definition for the Palestinian people, the establishment of a Palestinian state and the end of the occupation.”
Unity government Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said the PA is asking for international aid for the unity government with Hamas, which he said was working to advance strategic options, by among other things developing Area C in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. The area was to be under Israeli control in the 1993 Oslo Accords.
Similar posts
-
Israel Has The Most Moral Military In The World
April 10, 2024In the heart of a region often riddled with conflict, Israel stands out not only for its technologi...
-
The Resilience of the Israeli People
April 2, 2024Visitors from around the world have seen Hamas's October 7th Massacre's destruction in southern Isr...
-
Israel: Small Size, Big Impact
March 21, 2024Nestled along the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is a land of immense historical sig...
-
Israelis Are Fighting For Their Lives
February 21, 2024By Jonathan S. Tobin The world looks a lot different from Kibbutz Kfar Aza than it does in the U...
-
Over 2 Million Arabs Live In Israel
January 23, 2024In the complex landscape of the Middle East, where diverse cultures and identities intersect, Israe...
-
'Fauda' Star Idan Amedi Injured Fighting in Gaza
January 8, 2024Despite the severity of his injuries, Amedi's father assured Israeli news channels that his life is...
-
Israel Is A Great Country To Live In
December 28, 2023Nestled at the crossroads of the Middle East, Israel stands as a vibrant and dynamic nation, offeri...
-
Women's Empowerment in Israel
December 15, 2023In recent decades, Israel has witnessed a remarkable evolution in the status and empowerment of wom...