Palestinians Deny
Kippah-Wearing Cop Entry to Temple Mount
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz January 15, 2019 , 3:08 pm
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Forces will be
levied by him; they will desecrate the temple, the fortress; they will abolish
the regular offering and set up the appalling abomination.” Daniel 11:31 (The
Israel Bible™)
Israeli Border Police officers guard the entrance for
Palestinians to the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old
City. (Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Palestinian guards working for the Waqf (Muslim
Authority) on the Temple Mount refused entry to an Israeli policeman on Monday
afternoon because he was wearing a kippah (head covering worn by
religious Jews).
“This morning a number of local individuals on the Temple
Mount closed and locked the doors of the Dome of the Rock,
preventing police from entering. Police units remained at the scene outside
until the doors were opened several hours later from those who had locked the
doors,” police said in a statement.
The police were at the site as part of their twice-daily
security check and the Palestinian guards demanded that the Israeli policeman
remove his kippah. When he refused, a scuffle ensued. The Palestinian security
guards closed the gates to the building, sealing themselves inside for several
hours while the police waited outside.
The Waqf released a statement saying it had ordered the
closure of the Dome of the Rock after an Israeli policeman “attempted to storm
it while wearing a kippah.”
In an article headlined “Israeli Police Withdraw From
Temple Mount,” Al Jazeera
reported that the Muslim guards suspected the Israeli policeman was going to
pray inside the building.
Five Palestinians were detained for questioning. The
Palestinian Authority released a statement criticizing the actions of the
police for “interfering in freedom of worship at a Muslim holy site.”
According to an agreement between Jordan and Israel, Jews
are permitted to visit the Temple Mount, their holiest site, but are not
permitted to pray or display any religious symbols. Jews undergo rigorous
security checks for religious items including prayer books and Bibles.
Christians are similarly restricted and though they do not undergo security
checks, they are also restricted from prayer and may not display religious
symbols or religious objects.
It should be noted that the Dome of the Rock, the scene
of the conflict, is a shrine and not a mosque (a Muslim place of prayer). It is
frequently misidentified as Al Aqsa, the silver domed mosque on the southern
end of the Temple Mount Compound.
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