Second Temple Mount Rock Attack

Arutz Sheva ^ | 12/6/11 | Gavriel Queennan

[Eleutheria5]

Arab youths Sunday morning hurled stones at Jewish worshipers who ascended the Temple Mount. The attack came just two days after Friday afternoon's stone throwing incident which forced the Israel Police to storm Judaism's holiest site.

Yoel Keren, a Land of Israel activist and regular visitor on the Temple Mount, told Israel National News that the attack came during his weekly ascent.

"It was the morning aliyah, my regular Sunday time, around 7:45," Keren related. "We went up... myself, attorney Baruch Ben Yosef, and four female [Jewish] worshipers."

Keren said the group was accompanied by a member of the Israel Police and a Waqf official onto the edge of the platform of the Al Aqsa mosque.

"We were on the northern end of the platform of the mosque," Keren explained. "Its closer [to the forbidden zone of the Mount] than most groups go, but still outside the halachic Temple Mount according to [Jewish sages] Radbaz, Rambam, Rav Tzvi Rogen... and most of the major archeologists," Keren explained.

"That's when I heard the rocks ricocheting near us and looked up to see three Arab kids throwing stones at us... kids from the school up there. They were about 20 meters away. I turned and asked Baruch if he saw it... and he had a rock at his feet."

[Eleutheria5]

I miss all the fun. Was at the Wailing Wall this afternoon, and there was nary a pebble falling.

[richardtavor]

Not the Wailing Wall—it is the Western Wall or Kotel.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Eleutheria5.

[Eleutheria5]

It’s been known variously.

[HighlyOpinionated]

I’m trying to educate one of my granddaughters about having a base of accurate knowledge to compare any ‘new’ knowledge to.

Muslim kids do not have a base of accurate knowledge to compare what their ‘imams’ and such tell them. They believe the lies because they have never been taught the truth. AND one of the biggest lies they’re taught is Never Question Islam.

Even with that, Muslim in some countries are converting because of the kindnesses shown to them by non-Muslims.

There are only two ways to ‘cure’ the disease of Islam ... conversion or conflagration.

It’s the Muslim’s decision to choose.

[pallis]

Islam creates scum, and Israel floats in a sea of it.

[jongaltsr]

I spent almost 4 years in the middle east - Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

One thing I learned about the arab mindset is if you turn the tables on them and attack them in force they become disoriented and it becomes every man (or woman) for themselves.

They are organized only as long as they face no opposition and meek and mild victims.

They lose that advantage if their opposition turns on them and shows no mercy.

[YankeeReb]

They are organized only as long as they face no opposition and meek and mild victims.

True, remember in the first Gulf War when they were surrendering to CNN crews. They're pretty tough against a bus load of Israeli pre-schoolers, anything beyond that and they turn tail and run.

[Eleutheria5]

Sounds good.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

At some point the authorities should just clearly state that if provoked too much, the al-Asqa mosque will be torn down for good. Then state that if Muslims do not want this to happen, they must actively prevent other Muslims from incitement.

[richardtavor]

After the Israelis recaptured it in 1967, it is now referred to as the Western Wall or Kotel by Israelis. Dan Rather referred to it as the Wailing Wall because of his own personal bias.

[Eleutheria5]

I got personal biases, but never as to the name. It’s either the Kotel, the Wailing Wall, or the Western Wall to me.

[SJackson]

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[Quix]

I greatly agree.

[Quix]

Fascinating.

[Quix]

That would get interesting fast.