(Jerusalem Post) Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz - Over 80 years ago, even before the establishment of the State of Israel, the Muslim mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, began to spread lies about Jews trying to harm the Aqsa Mosque. Since then, this evil, false accusation has led to the deaths of many Jews and Muslims alike. 48 years have passed since the Temple Mount returned to Jewish sovereignty - and never have Muslims been restricted from entering. On the contrary, the State of Israel has invested great effort to make freedom of worship possible on the Mount - even at the cost of harming Jewish visitors who wish to ascend to the site. The Temple Mount is aflame, with fire bursting forth from firebombs and pipe bombs that were hoarded in preparation for a well-planned attack on Jewish worshipers praying at the Western Wall during Rosh Hashanah. The Temple Mount is in danger from those who claim to be men of religion, but who use their position to spread hatred and war. If the Temple Mount were sacred to you, you would not dare turn its mosques into armories. The writer is rabbi of the Western Wall and Holy Sites.
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