Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein has submitted his legal opinion to Prime Minister Sharon regarding Jewish presence on the Temple Mount. He said that according to the law, Jews must be allowed to visit the holy site. Rubenstein expressed his consternation with the fact that Antiquities Authority personnel have long not been allowed to the site to carry out their legally-mandated responsibilities. In accordance with a Supreme Court decision, Temple Mount loyalists relocated their two-week-old protest vigil from outside Prime Minister Sharon\'s home in the Negev to opposite his office in Jerusalem.
The Cabinet voted today to approve a new law to forbid incitement to racism when there is reason to believe that the offensive remarks might lead to the perpetration of a violent act. Several ministers opposed the proposal, and Prime Minister Sharon said, \"We\'re at war, how can you oppose this law?!\" The new bill, which will be put to a Knesset vote next week, comes to fill a void left by the Supreme Court\'s ruling of last year that incitement is forbidden only when it supports a terrorist group, not a terrorist act.