Rabbinic leaders Slam Hamas terror group's Temple Mount broadcast as 'fostering bloodshed, war'
Pastor Dale Morgan
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Rabbinic leaders Slam Hamas terror group's Temple Mount broadcast as
'fostering bloodshed, war'*
Posted: December 19, 2007
News from Israel
JERUSALEM – A group of prominent rabbinic elders and the leaders of
Israel's major Temple Mount activist groups issued a joint statement
today calling on "all nations who believe in the word of God to" rebuke
the Israeli government for reportedly failing to halt the Hamas terror
group from broadcasting live today from the Temple Mount, Judaism's
holiest site.
"We call upon all nations who cherish freedom and who believe in the
word of God as manifest in the Torah of Israel and its prophets to
rebuke the government of Israel for its disgraceful treatment of all
that is holy to the Jewish people before the eyes of the entire world,"
said a statement by the New Jewish Congress, the Sanhedrin and the Holy
Temple and Temple Mount movements.
The Congress is a group of religious Zionist leaders here while the
Sanhedrin consists of prominent rabbinic leaders who in 2004 reformed
the ancient group of Jewish judges that previously constituted the
legislative body of Israel. The reformed Sanhedrin has been a subject of
debate within some Jewish communities.
Continued the statement: "The contemptible and vile consent of the
government of (Prime Minister) Ehud Olmert for the Hamas terror
organization to broadcast from the Temple Mount endangers and weakens
Israel's peace and security.
"Whoever cooperates with the Israeli government in its campaign to
banish the Jewish people from the Temple Mount and close it before
Jewish worshippers is party to bloodshed, negates any chance for peace
in the future and fosters war and strife in this region and throughout
the entire world."
The joint statement was read earlier today by Rabbi Chaim Richman,
director of the international department at Israel's Temple Institute
and an English spokesman for the various groups that issued today's call.
We broke the story that the Hamas terror group today broadcast live from
the Temple Mount and announced it would commence daily programming from
the site while Israeli police banned all Jews and Christian from
ascending the Mount.
Jewish Temple Mount groups had wanted to lead tours this morning, which
marked the start of Jewish fast day of the Tenth of Tevet, mourning the
First Temple's destruction and the siege placed on Jerusalem leading up
to Temple's destruction during the reign of the Babylonian ruler
Nebuchadnezzar.
But the Israeli government barred all non-Muslims from ascending for the
rest of the week due to a Muslim holiday. Along with the Jewish fast
day, today also marked the start of Ein ul-Adhaa, which commemorates the
Islamic belief of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael for
Allah. According to the Jewish and Christian tradition, Abraham nearly
sacrificed his son Isaac, not Ishmael.
"Our broadcast is a victory for the Al Aqsa Mosque, which is suffering
from Judaization efforts imposed by the Zionist government. Broadcasting
daily radio is a way to bring Al Aqsa to the Gaza Strip and challenge
the siege imposed on us by the Zionist entity," said Rami Kaoud, a
manager at Al Aqsa Radio, Hamas' official radio network.