Article by IDF officer who helped plan the security fence route, on the strong effect Christian interests in Israel had on the route.

A Waqf guidebook published in 1929 has been made public. It explains that the Jewish Temple was on the Temple Mount and Jews had always lived in Palestine.

Hamas spokesperson, Ismail Radwan, said that the Arab countries should send its armies to liberate Al-Aqsa Mosque rather than to send troops to Gaza.

“The Jordanian foreign minister demanded that Israel halt any unilateral actions that might affect the status of Jerusalem, especially the issue of Al-Mughrabi Gate,”

As usual, Carolyn Glick gets to the point. This is not only of interest to those of us who follow Israeli politics and wonder why in the world Olmert and his cronies are still in office, but its lessons can apply to those of us still in the US, as well.

David Landau, editor of [...]

Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter has declared that all Jewish prayer, even the silent moving of lips, is illegal on the Temple Mount.

I’d like to warn against the criminal Israeli plans for the holy city. We have confirmed that there is a real danger to Jerusalem. The Arab nation should not stand hand folded when it comes to Jerusalem.

The Israeli Department of Antiquities demanded that the Islamic Wakf cease digging with heavy equipment and at night. At this point the purposeful destruction of the remnants of the Second Temple is continuing.

Declaration of Principles
On Interim Self-Government Arrangements
stood that the interim arrangements are an integral part of the whole peace process and that the negotiations on the permanent status will lead to the implementation of Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338.
ARTICLE II
FRAMEWORK FOR THE INTERIM PERIOD
The agreed framework for the interim period is set forth in this [...]

Balfour Declaration 1917

November 2nd, 1917
Dear Lord Rothschild,
I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet.
“His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish [...]