by Nadav Shragai
[Jews] are prohibited from moving their lips in prayer, even if they make no sound. They are not permitted to close their eyes, lest the Muslims interpret this as prayer. They are not even allowed to say "Allahu akbar" the way the Muslims do. They are not allowed to bring apples onto the mount lest they bless the fruit.
The Temple Mount. The
month of Av 5775. Exactly 1,945 years since the destruction of the
Second Temple. The images are difficult to see, almost inconceivable.
Reminiscent more of Tehran or Gaza than Israel in 2015. The following is
a textual interpretation of what the camera lens has been recording for
months. All rights reserved to the Muslim websites that have been
proudly documenting the scene. These are images that you will not find
in the Israeli media.
The facade of the Dome
of the Rock: A huge Hamas billboard features a masked fighter, a (fake)
rendition of the dog tags belonging to fallen Israeli soldiers Shaul
Oron and Hadar Goldin (whose body parts have been held by Hamas for over
a year), and a drawing of a clenched fist detaching itself from
handcuffs.
True sights from mosque
courtyards: Women carrying photos of terrorists in their hands;
children holding toy guns and rifles in menacing poses; youngsters
waving Hamas and PLO flags; a masked man climbing to the top of Al-Aqsa
mosque and planting a Palestinian flag atop it; a group of young people,
whose shirts feature an image of Egypt's deposed Muslim Brotherhood
President Mohammed Morsi, waving Muslim Brotherhood flags; masked women
standing at the entrance of the Dome of the Rock.
Also: Calls of "Khaibar
Khaibar ya Yahud, jaysh Muhammad sawfa ya'ud," which means "remember
Khaibar, Jews. Muhammad will return" -- an implicit call to murder Jews.
Islamic State is also in the picture: A group photo featuring smiling
faces and thumbs up signs supporting the organization that likes to
decapitate. And no essay would be complete without the new-old libel
suggesting that Jews make matzah out of children's blood.
There are also giant
portraits of Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas and calls of "ya Qassam, ya
ayouni, blow up Tel Aviv and Kiryat Shmona."
Meanwhile, the mount is
generally closed to Jews. On the odd occasion that Jews are permitted
entry, the wait in line in interminable, and only small groups are
allowed in, accompanied by heavy security and facing a barrage of
insults and curses from bands of paid assaulters. The Jews are not
permitted to respond. They cannot react. They are prohibited from moving
their lips in prayer, even if they make no sound. They are not
permitted to close their eyes, lest the Muslims interpret this as
prayer. They are not even allowed to say "Allahu akbar" the way the
Muslims do. They are not allowed to bring apples onto the mount lest
they bless the fruit.
One Jew, who cannot
hold it in any longer, breaks down crying at the sight, but he is
quickly removed from the area for fear that his tears will "disturb the
peace."
Nowadays, even the
secular Israelis are not spared. The Muslims have learned to distinguish
the Israelis from the tourists and recently barred Jews from drinking
at the water fountain on the northern side or the mount. And the press?
Near complete silence. These hate crimes are of no interest to
journalists.
The Temple Mount is the heart, but we have lost our head.
Tisha B'Av 5775. The Temple Mount
is not in our hands, it is in theirs. Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu, Education Minister Naftali Bennett, Justice Minister Ayelet
Shaked and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan -- are you in power or
is this a dream?
Nadav Shragai
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=13279
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