Two senior officials of the Islamic Movement have announced that it is their intention to bring in thousands of Muslims from the north to Jerusalem during the Passover holiday on the pretext of a "shopping holiday", then herding them to the Temple Mount so that they can "protect the site from being taken over by the Jews."
Channel 10 reported that the action was intended to take place during the the festival, as well as during the week of intermediate festival days (hol hamoe'd).