Over the years, Muslim qadis and religious figures have been highly critical of Israel on the religious issue. That is the logic of the plan for a corridor between Abu Dis and the Temple Mount, to which Israel has already agreed and which will be an inseparable part of the permanent status arrangement, if one is achieved. The Palestinian flag will probably fly from the Temple Mount itself, although the definition of the Mount is still unclear. When Moshe Dayan was foreign minister, for example, he suggested in the previous Camp David summit that an Arab flag would be flown only from the mosques on the Temple Mount, and not in the entire area. Prime Minister Menachem Begin was also willing to consider this option, but only with regard to a flag on the mosque itself.
Security is another element in the arrangement being discussed for the Temple Mount.
Israel insists on retaining responsibility for security over the Temple Mount area, but agrees to employing Palestinian police officers holding Israeli identity cards as part of a special police force that would be established for the holy sites, which would be responsible for policing the area. Israel also agrees that the Palestinian Authority would maintain contact with this police force. Here too, religion as well as politics colors the Palestinian viewpoint. The Mufti of Jerusalem has said more than once that the current situation is only temporary. The Palestinians are demanding for themselves the last vestiges of authority that Jordan still holds on the Temple Mount.