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pace nei territori occupati, che fare una bella visita provocatoria al
Temple Mount...
Likud MKs plan to visit Temple Mount, despite police ban
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The Knesset's legal adviser said she supports the plans of several
right-wing Knesset members to visit the Temple Mount tomorrow, on the
occasion of the Fast of Tisha B'Av, the holiday that commemorates the
destruction of the Jewish Temples. Yesterday, the police said that visits to
the site are off-limits to non-Muslims, and the site's doors would not be
opened by the MKs' parliamentary immunity.
Last week, after tours to Jerusalem's Temple Mount were quietly renewed for
Christians and Jews, Police spokesperson Gil Kleiman announced the decision
to temporarily halt non-Muslim visits to the Temple Mount, citing "tactical
and operational considerations." Police fear that a provocative visit to the
site by Israeli legislators will result in riots. A controversial visit to
the Temple Mount by then opposition leader Ariel Sharon in September 2000
was used as a pretext by the Palestinians to the start of the Intifada
violence.
"The police have once again proved that they have no basic understanding
over what immunity is," said MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud). "This matter has to
be clarified once and for all in order not to damage our parliamentary
work."
Edelstein asked the Knesset House Committee to convene on Wednesday to
discuss the police ban on Temple Mount visits. Committee chairman MK Roni
Bar-On invited Jerusalem Police Chief Mickey Levy and Shin Bet security
service officials to attend the meeting.
According to Israeli law, Knesset members are allowed to travel to all areas
of the country except where these visits would endanger national security.
The Knesset House Committee session will determine whether the planned
Temple Mount visit would actually lead to violence, as the police suggest.
Edelstein said he remembered security forces granting Arab legislators MK
Ahmad Tibi and Mk Mohammed Barakeh permission to pass through IDF roadblocks
on their way to visit in Ramallah. Edelstein said at the time he supported
their right to a freedom of movement because they had parliamentary
immunity. "With every step we take, the Palestinians will say that it is a
provocation. So who is our partner for reconciliation?" Edelstein asked.
Likud Knesset members Inbal Gavrieli, Ehud Yatom, and Yehiel Hazan said they
intended to visit the Temple Mount on Thursday, despite the police ban. But
Hazan told Army Radio on Wednesday that if the police provided strong
evidence that showed such a visit would lead to violence, he would
reconsider his plans.
On Tuesday, Internal Security Minister Tzachi Hanegbi tried to convince his
fellow Likud members not to make the visit. At the end of the day, media
reports indicated that some of the Knesset members, including Hazan, had
decided to postpone the visit. "Don't worry, next week Hanegbi and I will
visit the site together," Hazan said.
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar was quoted by Israel Radio as saying that
MKs should not go to the Temple Mount for religious reasons. Western Wall
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitz also said that Halacha (Jewish law) forbid visits to
the Temple Mount. "If the Knesset members want to strengthen our control of
this site, they should call on all of the People of Israel to visit the
Western Wall," he said.
Shinui MK Reshef Chayne said on Wednesday that the plans of several
"irresponsible" Knesset members to visit the Temple Mount on the Ninth of Av
will lead to unnecessary bloodshed and is only being done to give them
headlines.
Meanwhile, the High Court of Justice will today continue its deliberations
on a petition by the Temple Mount Faithful group to visit the Temple Mount
on Thursday. Group members said that if they were banned from the site, they
would conduct Tisha B'Av activities, including a ceremonial Third Temple
cornerstone laying ceremony, in the area

 Likud MKs plan to visit Temple Mount, despite police ban
Ammesso che sia vero, se lo fa verra' arrestato :)  Dove sta il
problema? :)
-Stefano