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Jordan says the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, “is a place of worship exclusively for Muslims.” Qatar calls video “a dangerous provocation.”
By Ben Rappaport, United with Israel and TPS
Arab governments on Saturday expressed outrage at an AI-generated video circulating on social media accounts depicting the Third Temple on the Temple Mount.
The Temple Mount, the site of the former First and Second Holy Temples, is the holiest site in Judaism. Observant Jews pray multiple times a day for the building of the Third Temple at the site.
In the video, the mosques currently built at the site appear to erupt in flames and are replaced by the Third Temple.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement of strong condemnation following an animated video simulating the construction of the Temple on the Temple Mount that will occur hopefully in our lifetime pic.twitter.com/baU747CcXu
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The Palestinian Authority’s “foreign ministry” condemned the video of the “alleged Temple,” which it said demonstrates the “systematic incitement to escalate the targeting of Christian and Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem” in light of the Israeli government’s “expansionist and racist Judaization plans.”
The Jordanian foreign ministry “condemned in the strongest terms the ongoing extremist racist incitement calls by Israeli settler organizations calling for the bombing of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif and the Dome of the Rock. These calls coincide with an escalation in incursions and the granting of permission for extremists to engage in provocative practices under the protection of the Israeli occupation police.”
“The entire Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, with its 144 dunams, is a place of worship exclusively for Muslims, and that the Jerusalem Endowments and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, affiliated with the Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, is the legal entity with exclusive jurisdiction to administer the affairs of the Noble Sanctuary and regulate entry to it,” the ministry added.
Qatar’s foreign ministry also weighed in, calling the video a “dangerous provocation that could significantly escalate violence in the region, especially amid the ongoing war in Gaza.”
It stressed “Qatar’s unequivocal rejection of any attempt to alter the historical and legal status of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, or its holy sites.”
According to the Beyadenu organization, which advocates for increased Jewish rights on the Temple Mount, 6,788 Jews visited the Temple Mount over the five days during Passover that the holy site was open to Jews.
On Thursday, Israeli Knesset member Zvi Sukkot visited the site, openly praying and prostrating himself.
The Religious Zionism lawmaker said his last visit to the holy site was 14 years ago, when he was arrested for praying there.
“Today, Jews prostrate themselves, pray with a [quorum of 10], and the Waqf doesn’t come near us,” he said, referring to the Jordanian Islamic Waqf thath administers the Temple Mount.
Sukkot’s visit drew praise from National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the Otzma Yehudit party, who claimed credit for shifting the status quo that barred non-Muslim prayer at the site.
“What wasn’t done for 30 years is being done on my watch,” Ben-Gvir said. “I’m happy to see MK Zvi Sukkot, like many thousands, prostrating and praying at the Temple Mount.” Donate to vital charities that help protect Israeli citizens and inspire millions around the world to support Israel too! Now more than ever, Israel needs your help to fight and win the war -- including on the battlefield of public opinion. Antisemitism, anti-Israel bias and boycotts are out of control. Israel's enemies are inciting terror and violence against innocent Israelis and Jews around the world. Help us fight back!
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