Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu loudly condemned a speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as “severe incitement,” and a threat to peace. Despite this, the speech’s topic, the potential for a dispute over the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, is very real and seems poised to escalate.
The mosque was the site of a major riot late last week, with a number of injuries as Israeli forces stormed the mosque in the wake of Palestinian protests. The unrest was fueled by fliers floating around the city from supporters of Israel’s ruling Likud Party calling for Israel to seize control of the mount, destroy the mosque, and “cleanse” the area of Muslims.
The mosque and the land on which it are built are of enormous religious significance both to Judaism and to Islam, and the site plays a significant role in both religions’ end of the world scenario.
Israeli Arab MPs speaking today warned that damaging the mosque would cause a global holy war among Muslims, and well it might, given the site’s importance in Islam. Likud MP Miri Regev called for the Arab MPs to be arrested for the comments, saying that they were a “fifth column” and averse to the sovereignty of Israel.
You have seeing what happened when the Koran was burned
You damage the mosque you'll have 1.5 billion Muslims to
Face, it will be world wide revolt, Israel better wise up or
Better yet America should wise up, its Americas backing
That allows Israel to do as they please, Israel about seven
Million, Muslims 1. 5 billion, I think it's wiser to be friends
With the latter, don’t you think so?
What a great way to get America on-side!
Them jews are claiming this to be one of their temples too now. It must really suck to be those characters, they have no culture, no identity, no nothing unless they steal it from the Palestinians. Pitiful indeed.