The Temple Mount

It is the holiest place in the world for Jews.
There is no real other place.
It is where both temples stood and where a third temple will stand.
It is the only place in the world where Jews wish to pray and they cannot.
It is also the focal point for the new war or intifada as it is called.
The prime minister of Israel will be remembered for a lot of things but likely for announcing that Jews will not pray on HAR HABAYIT.
He has no authority in doing so and this action will not lessen violence in the short term even.
Denying the entrance of religious Jews who wish to pray is scandalous and smacks of weakness and fear.
Weakness and fear in the middle east is a recipe for disaster which has ostensibly started.
The violence will increase as the Arabs smell the fear that they have instilled in many in Israel.
Jews will pray in secret on the temple mount as there are many ways to do so even now.
One need not say words for certain prayers and prayer books are available on cell phones.
There is nothing that can stop in the long run prayer and presence of religious Jews and the eventual rebuilding of the temple there.
It is Jewish destiny.

They keep on trying

Since the first wave of Aliya to then Palestine the local Arabs and others have been trying every way to stop the return of Jews to their ancestral homeland.
This has taken many forms but the usual way was to try to just plain kill Jews.
The most famous of these pogroms happened in the city of Hebron in 1929 where 67 Jews were killed and many more wounded.
Interestingly enough the motive believed to be behind this violence was the rumor that the Jews were about to attack the Al- Aksa mosque.
Sound familiar?
Then there was little protection then as even the first Jewish militias were in their infancy.
After those failed attempts to scare Jews from arriving full out wars ensued.
!948 war of independence
1956 Sinai campaign
1967 Six day war
!973 Yom Kippur war
1982 Peace for Galilee war
2006 Lebanon war
2008 Gaza war
2014 Gaza war
There have been countless intifadas or armed insurrections.
It looks like we are in the midst of new insurrection.
There is nothing really new about what is going on now. The Jews are the Jews and the Arabs are Arabs and the sea is the same sea. Those who fear that the Arabs want to push the Jews into the sea are not paranoid.
This is the brutal reality.
It will only get worse.
What should be done?
There needs to be emergency measures taken immediately.
Any man woman or child who breaks the law by throwing a rock or worse needs to be deported with entire family .
This needs to be done swiftly after incident occurs.
Homes of terrorists need to be destroyed in greater numbers.
Massive building projects need to be implemented to increase the Jewish presence in Jerusalem. The temple mount needs to be closed until the queit returns. There has to be a system created for Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount. The more things change the more they stay the same.
The world looks to see how we handle this.
The violence of Islam is threatening the world.
It is time to deal with it head on.

Tragedy in Jerusalem

A tragedy of historical significance has occurred in Jerusalem last night with the assassination attempt of Rabbi Yehudah Glick by a would be assassin.
Rabbis Glicks only crime was and has been his unrelenting demand that Jews be allowed to pray at the holiest place to Jews in the world.
The Temple Mount.
This is where both temples stood and where all the prayers of Jews worldwide are directed.
The only place in the world that a Jew is not allowed to pray is the place that is most holy to the Jews.
There is only one place that is considered holy to the Jewish people and that is the place that the holy temples stood.
This situation cannot continue as is.
All people whether Jew or gentile must demand from their representatives or whoever has any influence that this outrage must cease. This crime and subsequent apparent elimination of the would be assassin may restart the Intifada or Arab rioting in Jerusalem and elsewhere.
The now hollow statement by then commander Motta Gur of the IDF that "the temple mount is in our hands" is especially difficult to deal with now.
The main reason Jews are not allowed to pray on the temple mount is the fear and threats of local Arabs and non local ones.
This is supposed to keep things calm in the short and long term.
The problem with blackmail and extortion is the price always goes up.
The price has gone up as Rabbi Glick is in very serious condition at a Jerusalem hospital.
Extreme Islam is threatening the entire world with violence.
It must be stopped and the temple mount is a good place to start.