Bigoted Biden Regime Calls Jewish prayer at Judaism’s Holiest Site in Jerusalem ‘Unacceptable’

Democrats continue to be increasingly anti-Jewish.  Biden wants to prohibit Jews from their holiest site so as not to offend the sensibilities of Muslims. Here again, Islamic violence and bloodshed is rewarded by Western leftists.

Jews don’t pray to Biden. We are not obedient to Muslims or cracked, corrupt Western leaders.

Israel has had control of the Temple Mount since the Six-Day War. In the 55 years since, the Israelis have scrupulously maintained the rights of Muslims to pray freely on the Temple Mount.Israel needs only to tell the truth about Temple Mount, about who has been doing the inciting, and the rioting, and the attacks on worshippers.

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In a fully rational world, it should be obvious to any observer who honestly seeks moral clarity, that when it comes to the Temple Mount, the side that seeks to visit and pray in peace and also allows full religious freedom to the other is in the right, while the side that reacts with violence and seeks to bar the other from prayer is in the wrong. (Jeremiah Rozman, Algemeiner)

What Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims Haram al-Sharif was the place where the First Temple of the Jews was located, and then destroyed in 586 B.C. by the Babylonians. The Second Temple of the Jews was built on the site of the first, and was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D. That site, where the First and Second Temples both stood, is the holiest site in Judaism,

Israel needs to forcefully, clearly, and, most importantly, publicly articulate its position to the world.

Failure to do so allows bigots and those seeking to harness bigotry to demonize Israel, arouse violence, inflame antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment, and work to derail Israel’s budding diplomacy with its Arab neighbors.

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To prevail, Israel’s message must be clear: the Jewish people’s ties to the Temple Mount are an undeniable historical fact. Israel wants peace, tolerance, and religious freedom, while those who stash rocks, pipes, bottles, and weapons and engage in violent rioting are the ones who are truly desecrating the site.

It is undeniable that since Islam’s conquest of Jerusalem in the seventh century CE, the mosque that they built on the site of the Jewish Holy of Holies has become a Muslim holy site. No one is seeking to undermine this. However, it is also equally undeniable that the site has been holy to the Jewish people for centuries before Islam ever existed. Therefore, every discussion to follow must be based upon the solid understanding that the site is indeed holy to both Muslims and Jews.

Biden administration calls Jewish prayer at holy site in Jerusalem ‘unacceptable’

“Any unilateral actions that depart from the historic status quo is unacceptable,” the State Department said.

By Natalia Mittelstadt, Just The News, January 16, 2023 – 10:43am

The Biden administration says an Israeli proposal to end the ban on Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem would be an “unacceptable” disruption to the “historic status quo,” which only allows Muslims to pray there.

The State Department was asked by the Washington Free Beacon last week if it would support proposals by conservative Israeli leaders to allow Jews to pray at the Temple Mount, which is a holy site for both Jews and Muslims.

The State Department told the news outlet that it opposed Israel departing from longstanding policies regarding prayer at the holy site.

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“The United States stands firmly for preservation of the historic status quo with respect to the holy sites in Jerusalem,” a State Department spokesman said. “Any unilateral actions that depart from the historic status quo is unacceptable.”

Itamar Ben-Gvir, a national security minister in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, suggested during his visit to the Temple Mount earlier this month that Israel change the policy to allow Jews to pray at the site.

While both Jews and Muslims are permitted to visit the Temple Mount, Jews aren’t allowed to pray there, according to a policy that was enacted to prevent violence from erupting at the holy site.

When the Free Beacon asked the State Department if Jews have a right to visit and pray on the Temple Mount, the spokesman responded, “It is not up to the United States to define the historic status quo. That is a question for the parties.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the Biden administration has a “pathological obsession with undermining Israel [and] is endangering the national security of America and our allies.”

“It should not be controversial for a Jew to visit the holiest site in Judaism,” Cruz said.