by Nadav Sharagai
Brief penned in 1924 by Supreme Muslim Council, official Jordanian tourist map from 1956 refute Palestinian propaganda seeking to debunk inextricable Jewish link to the Temple Mount • Both documents recognize only familiar Al-Aqsa mosque as Muslim site.
The Supreme Muslim Council's
booklet and the Jordanian tourist map
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Photo credit: Haim Steinberger  |
New historical documents revealed over the
weekend further refute the Palestinians' attempts to rewrite history,
especially pertaining to the Jewish claim to the Temple Mount.
The Palestinian Authority's propaganda over
the past few years has spared no effort to debunk the inextricable
Jewish link to the holy Jerusalem site, relentlessly underscoring only
the Muslim link to Al-Aqsa mosque.
Recently, the Palestinians have begun claiming
their right to the site stretches beyond the Al-Aqsa compound to
include the entire site -- even the Western Wall.
Nevertheless, two historical documents -- "A
brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif," issued in 1924 by Jerusalem Grand
Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini's Supreme Muslim Council, and an official
Jordanian tourist map from 1956 -- clearly identify only the familiar
Al-Aqsa mosque compound as a Muslim site.
The Supreme Muslim Council's document states that "the site's affiliation with Solomon's Temple is undisputed."
The Jordanian map, which is in the possession
of map collector Haim Steinberger, clearly indicates that at the time,
Jordan recognized only the southern part of the compound, where Al-Aqsa
mosque is, as Muslim territory.
Both documents contradict recent claims by the
Palestinians and the Waqf, the trust that controls and manages the
current Islamic edifices on and around Al-Aqsa mosque, that the site is
only holy to Muslims.
Nadav Sharagai
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=35665
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1 comment:
The brief guide penned in 1924 is not newly discovered. It has been on the web sites of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (http://www.wiesenthal.com/atf/cf/%7B54d385e6-f1b9-4e9f-8e94-890c3e6dd277%7D/AL-SHARAM_AL-SHARIF_HI-RES.JPG) and the Temple Institute (http://www.templeinstitute.org/1925-wakf-temple-mount-guide.pdf) for at least ten years.
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