The Moslem Waqf renewed its illegal construction works on the Temple Mount this week in a major way. Trucks brought in the materials, earth was moved from the eastern part of the Mount to the northern part, and tiling of a section on the northern part is beginning. The Committee for the Prevention of the Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities says it has aerial photos from yesterday documenting the progress of the work.
The Committee says the police fabricated a report this week to the effect that the arriving truckloads were for the purpose of repairing an area damaged by a burst pipe. The Committee members met with President Moshe Katzav yesterday, who told them that he is very concerned about the building on the Mount, but that the police tell him that no new works are underway at the holy site. Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein also received information from the Committee, and asked the police for explanations.
In addition, the Committee published a sharp proclamation against Prime Minister Sharon this week, explaining that the Waqf\'s cleaning of the holy site\'s underground caverns continues, with the purpose of filling them with \"holy water\" from Mecca. This will upgrade the status of the Temple Mount in Moslem eyes, giving it a \"sanctity\" almost as great as that of Mecca. The Prime Minister continues to ignore these facts, states the Committee. Signatories to the proclamation include former Supreme Court Chief Justices Meir Shamgar and Moshe Landau, ex-State Controller Miriam Ben-Porat, former Chief of Staff Dan Shomron, and ex-Mossad chief Yitzchak Hofi.
The Committee says the police fabricated a report this week to the effect that the arriving truckloads were for the purpose of repairing an area damaged by a burst pipe. The Committee members met with President Moshe Katzav yesterday, who told them that he is very concerned about the building on the Mount, but that the police tell him that no new works are underway at the holy site. Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein also received information from the Committee, and asked the police for explanations.
In addition, the Committee published a sharp proclamation against Prime Minister Sharon this week, explaining that the Waqf\'s cleaning of the holy site\'s underground caverns continues, with the purpose of filling them with \"holy water\" from Mecca. This will upgrade the status of the Temple Mount in Moslem eyes, giving it a \"sanctity\" almost as great as that of Mecca. The Prime Minister continues to ignore these facts, states the Committee. Signatories to the proclamation include former Supreme Court Chief Justices Meir Shamgar and Moshe Landau, ex-State Controller Miriam Ben-Porat, former Chief of Staff Dan Shomron, and ex-Mossad chief Yitzchak Hofi.