The Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel (image courtesy Pixabay)
(ISRAEL365NEWS) -- Last week, the government announced that non-Muslims would be prohibited from visiting the Temple Mount until Ramadan ends next Sunday. This week, the Temple Mount Administration announced the prohibition would be extended indefinitely “until further notice.” The announcement comes after A record 4,625 Jewish visitors entered the Temple Mount during the Passover holiday.
Jews who arrived at the only gate accessible to them on Sunday were greeted with signs informing them of the new restriction. In response, a sign was posted stating, “Israel submitted to terrorism.” Police removed the signs.
Due to Palestinian violence, it has become relatively routine to close the site to non-Muslims in the last days of the Ramadan month. But the last time the Israeli government closed the site to Jews indefinitely was last year during Operation Guardian of the Walls. Rather than appease the Arabs, the move resulted in widespread Arab riots across the country and more than 4,600 rockets from Gaza.
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