"ALL CAPS IN DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE."

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

WHO LED TO THE WAKF CONTROLLING THE TEMPLE MOUNT?

The Weekly Standard (via IRIS Blog) talks about the controversy that erupted over the Israeli government's building a special platform for tourists to reach the Temple Mount. But there's one part they all but left out - who led to the Wakf dominating the Temple Mount? It was Gen. Moshe Dayan. A little bit on this from JCPA:
Soon after its capture, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan handed the keys to the Temple Mount to the Muslim Waqf authorities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in a gesture of respect for the rights of Muslims at the site.
Big mistake, especially when they never showed any genuine appreciation for Dayan's surrender and appeasement.

Dayan, IMO, did a very serious wrong by surrendering the keys to one of Israel's most important sites to any Muslim "authority", because that's what led to a lot of the problems now being faced.

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