TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH:

Group Protests Opponents' Plans for Rally


Friday April 1, 2005 4:01 PM

AP Photo JRL101

NUSSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) - Members and supporters of the militant Islamic Hamas group demonstrated Friday against plans by Israeli opponents of the planned Gaza Strip evacuation to rally at a disputed Jerusalem holy site.

Jerusalem Police Chief Ilan Franco has said he would block the April 10 rally at the site, known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram as-Sharif, because the protesters posed a security risk.

... The crowd was estimated at about 10,000 people.

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If Hamas is putting its energy into protest rallies rather than suicide bombings, well, that's progress.