Wednesday, March 16, 2005

TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: WorldNetDaily has an article on the plan of the Revava group to bring thousands of Jews to the Temple Mount on 10 April.
10,000 Jews to ascend
Temple Mount

Group seeks to reclaim
Israeli control of holy site

Posted: March 16, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Aaron Klein
� 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

JERUSALEM -- A grassroots Jewish organization plans to bring 10,000 Jews next month to the heavily restricted Temple Mount to spark Israeli dialogue about reclaiming the holy site from its Muslim custodians.

"The Temple Mount is the single holiest place in the world for Jews. It's about time the Israeli government restores it to the Jewish people, where it belongs," David Ha'ivri, chairman of Revava, the group orchestrating the gathering, told WND.

The visit, scheduled for April 10, would be the largest Jewish presence at the Temple Mount since the ancient Temple period, said Haivri.

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This is a messy situation. I have no sympathy with the whole "third temple" agenda, for reasons I've explained before (see first link above). But again, this group has a right to assemble peaceably and they say that is their intention. It's not clear whether the event will happen at all, since the police say they have not made any decisions yet. If it does, I just hope it all stays peaceable.

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