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Source: http://www.jpost.com/National-News/PMO-Israel-will-not-change-status-quo-on-the-Temple-Mount-343688
Netanyahu: Israel Will Not Change Status Quo on Temple Mount
(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon and Ariel Ben Solomon - Israel has no intention of changing its policies on the Temple Mount, Prime Minister Netanyahu's spokesman, Mark Regev, said on Wednesday, a day after a Knesset debate on restrictions imposed on non-Muslims at the site triggered angry political reactions in the Arab world. "The policy of the government of Israel has been and continues to be the maintenance of the status quo at the Temple Mount, including freedom of access for all faiths to the holy sites." Since the Arab riots of 1929, Arab claims of alleged Jewish designs to take over the Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount have intermittently triggered Arab violence. Arab League representatives met in an "extraordinary meeting" in Cairo Wednesday to discuss the matter.