Muslims during Ramadan
Muslims during Ramadan

Hamas's Al Aqsa television network has been exclusively broadcasting nightly Ramadan prayers from the Temple Mount the past week, according to Aaron Klein, who writes for WorldNetDaily.

Police have not replied to questions whether the broadcasts are being coordinated with Israel, which officially controls the site but allows the Muslim Wafq to administer affairs there.

The terrorist party's television network is the only one broadcasting the one-hour prayer service. Its Al Aqsa television station frequently airs programs calling for jihad against Israel.

Hamas also broadcast from the Temple Mount on its radio network last December, when Israeli authorities said they would halt the programming. However, transmission continued for several weeks. A similar occurrence last year involving the Islamic Jihad also resulted in threats but no action to stop the broadcasts.

The Arab world has mounted a massive public relations campaign in recent years to try to disprove a Jewish connection with the Temple Mount, which is the site of the destroyed First and Second Temples. Arab workers over the past several years have hauled away tons of debris from the area, containing priceless archaeological artifacts dating back to the Temple eras.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has insisted that the Temple Mount be included as part of a new Arab country it wants to establish.