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Jordan's opposition parties urge cutting of ties with Israel
Feb 7, 2007, 10:00 GMT
Amman - Jordan's Islamic-led opposition parties and trade unions on Wednesday urged the government to sever diplomatic ties with Israel over its excavation work near Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque.
Trade unions said they planned a sit-in Wednesday to protest the Israeli activity which they alleged was part of the Jewish state's old blueprint aimed at demolishing Islam's third holiest shrine and rebuilding the Biblical Solomon Temple in its place.
'The flagrant Zionist aggression did not leave any justification for the Jordanian ambassador to remain in Tel Aviv or for the continued presence of the Zionist ambassador in Amman after Israeli bulldozers went ahead in destroying Jerusalem's sites and playing havoc with treaties and agreements,' the country's 14 opposition parities said in a statement.
The Israeli government Wednesday did not respond to an official protest that was lodged by the Jordanian ambassador in Tel Aviv, Ali al-Ayed, and continued construction work near the Magarebah Gate of al-Aqsa Mosque.
The Israeli authorities arrested a number of Palestinian figures, including head of the Islamic Movement in Israel Sheikh Raed Salah, after they showed up on the site to protest the excavations, according to the al-Jazeera satellite channel.
Israel said that it planned to build a walkway leading to the Wailing Wall Plaza, but the Jordanian Royal Committee in charge of Jerusalem contended that the real aim was the expansion of the facility.
'Condemnations are insufficient, because this enemy does not understand anything except the logic of force and deterrence,' the opposition parties said in their statement.
King Abdullah II on Tuesday condemned the Israeli construction activity in the vicinity of al-Aqsa Mosque as a 'flagrant violation' of the peace treaty which the two countries agreed in 1994.
Under the provisions of the pact, Israel accepted Jordan's custody on all Islamic and Christian shrines in East Jerusalem, which the Jewish state captured from the Hashemite Kingdom in the 1967 six-day war.
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There is no reasoning with islam.They have spoken their lies so long that they actually belive them!
Jerusalem and the Temple Mount belong to Isreal. I'm surprised they have allowed any Islamic presence on the temple mount let alone allow them to control it. Let's honor the only God and rebuild the Holy Temple.
This is really a funny Muslim hypocritical stance. They have systematically raised, destroyed, covered over while plundering all Jewish sacred sites in Jeruslem, and throughout the Middle East. Under Arab control Jeruslem, before the 1967 War was just a big garbage dump for Islam. Go read some histry books and see what the Israeli soldiers, citizens and worldwide archilogists found when first allowed into this Christain/Muslim Holy City in 1967. It looked like a 3rd world getto slum city with millions of ton of rotting garbage and zero budget for city property upkeep or expansion services. Only the Al-Quasa Mosque was refurbished while the Jewish temple became a public urinal for Muzzies.
Israel saves and rebuilt Jerusilem as an aftermath of the 67 War which took a whole 6 days for little old Israel to completely defeat every Muslim neighboring Army, Hell bent on destroying everything and everyone in Jewish Country. Anyone ever hear of mankind's #1 law.... you lose YOUR War ... You lose your land. Been that way since caveman's day. Thats why real governments have armies to protect their borders.
That last comment was right. It's about time the Palestinian people were allowed to have a real government and a real land in order to protect and serve the people, in order to eliminate the destruction and divide that occurs between Palestinians and Israelis, and work toward a more peaceful solution.
Once we open our eyes to the reality that exists on the ground, the diversity that will always be in that region, then maybe we can move from false notions of what could have/should have been torn down and rebuilt to how there can be a sustainable community where children are raised with prospects of coexistence, and not violence.
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FredFeb 7th, 2007 - 14:02:48
It's impossible to reason with a mad dog.
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