To Boldly Go Where No Jew Has Gone Before...

To Boldly Go Where No Jew Has Gone Before...

In a recent post I discussed the sorry state of affairs that currently exists today on the Temple Mount.

Miriam of Bloghead just put up a link to a video taken by someone who was able to gain access to many of the areas that are off-limits to Jews today on the Temple Mount. The video, featured exclusively on the Yediot Achronot website, includes Solomon’s Stables, al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Dome of the Rock.

Ron Peled, 34, a computer professional who shot the video, says “to walk here, to roam under the Temple Mount, the site of the Temple my forefathers longed for, is the realization of a dream.”

Peled, a former tour guide, is well aware of the immense significance of the rare images of sites that are normally only open to Muslim worshippers.

“As a Jew who likes archaeology and history, I think the value of those images is enormous,” he said. “Even though the sentence ‘Temple Mount is in our hands’ (made famous during the Six-Days War) is inaccurate these days, this video puts it in our hands for a few minutes. Yet whoever wasn’t there cannot quite grasp it.”


So true.

Miriam of Bloghead offers a good analysis of the video, which I strongly recommend reading.

Cross Posted at Israel Perspectives

Posted by Ze'ev Orenstein at October 20, 2005 05:07 PM

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1. t said:

I don t understand, our holiest of sites can not be visited??????? Why cater to such VERMIN???????? I mean ARABS?????????? Someone answer me!!!!!!!! I believe in G-D Not such scum we can t even worship at our holiest site!!!! NUKE them all!!!!!

Posted by: t on October 21, 2005 03:21 AM

2. BobW said:

Who said "Temple Mount is in our hands" ?

Who gave the Arabs the superordinate position viv a vis the Jews at the Temple Mount, within and above?

How did Eisenhower handle Monte Cassino?

Why does Japanese PM Koizumi visit their War Shrine knowing the international political and military risks?

If physical and geographical sites such as the Temple Mount and Hebron, respectively, do not hold ultimate significance for GOI, the other areas offered for resettlement of the WWII remnants are attractive. One place was Uganda. Another was the enclave of Al Arish, Egypt.

Statesmen are needed where politicans currently are employed.

Kol tuv,
BobW

Posted by: BobW on October 21, 2005 01:36 PM

3. Leonard said:

I have visited the Temple Mount twice alone - the last time more than 15 years ago - and that was scary. The area is entirely policed by Palestinians who searched me and found my kippot in my pocket.Your life is in their hands as there is no Israeli presence. I was followed throughout my tour and told it was for my own safety. I recall the looks of hatred by some of the worshippers of my presence there. I believe the place should be open to Jewish visitors who are presently only permitted to pray outside the Temple.

Posted by: Leonard on October 21, 2005 06:37 PM

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