Police suspend Jewish visits to Temple Mount
By Haaretz Service
Jerusalem police, fearing violent Palestinian
riots, have suspended visits by non-Moslems to the
Temple Mount – a site holy to Jews,
Christians and Moslems alike.
The move, comes in response to
anger at a decision earlier
this month to ease restrictions
on Jewish prayers on the Temple
Mount, which were suspended in
September 2000, following the
outbreak of violence that
accompanied Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon's controversial
visit to the site. Palestinians
say the visit sparked the Al-Aqsa Intifada,
named for the mosque on the mount.
A police spokesman said that the decision was
taken because of 'operation consideration,'
and declined to say when the visits would be
renewed. Last Friday's Moslem prayers on the
Temple Mount were closed to Palestinians under
the age of 40, after intelligence reports
suggested that riots were planned. The prayers,
attended by 11,000 worshippers, ended without
incident.
Concerns have increased in recent days that
Palestinian officials will be asked to inflame
passions at the Mount and bring about riots
during the prayers, in wake of the resumption
of incitement in Palestinian media.
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat
warned last week of "grave consequences" if
Israel continues to allow Jews to visit the
Temple Mount. Palestinian Prime Minister
Mahmoud Abbas called the Israeli act
"provocative," and Arab League
Secretary-General Amr Mussa called the
developments "very dangerous" and "an insult to
Moslems everywhere."
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