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Text Pages: Temple Mount - Ancient Temple in Israel
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Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 28 February 2010 Page Views: 1074
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 Site Name: Temple Mount Alternative Name: Mount Moriah, The Wailing Wall, Western Wall, The Noble Sanctuary
Country: Israel Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Jerusalem
Latitude: 31.777611N Longitude: 35.235500E
Condition:| 5 | Perfect | | 4 | Almost Perfect | | 3 | Reasonable but with some damage | | 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site | | 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks | | 0 | No data. | | -1 | Completely destroyed |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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External Links:        Ancient Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple Mount is a religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem. According to Jewish tradition, it was from here that the world expanded into its present form and from where God gathered the dust used to create the first man, Adam. It was the place God chose to "dwell", hence the construction of two Jewish Temples at the site. Traditionally, it is believed that a Third and final Temple will also be located here. The Mount is considered the holiest site in Judaism and due to this, many Jews will not set foot on the Mount itself.
Among Muslims, the Mount is widely considered to be the third holiest site in Islam. Revered as the Noble Sanctuary and the destination of Muhammad's journey to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, the site is also associated with Jewish biblical prophets who are also venerated in Islam. The al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock, the oldest extant Islamic structure in the world, currently stand on the site.
In light of the dual claims of both the Islamic and Jewish faiths, it is one of the most contested religious sites in the world. Controlled by Israel since 1967, both Israel and the Palestinian Authority claim sovereignty over the site, which remains a major focal point of the Arab-Israeli conflict. A Muslim council, known as the Muslim Waqf, manages the site. The Israeli government enforces a controversial ban on prayer by non-Muslim visitors.
The hill is believed to have been inhabited since the 4th millennium BCE. Its southern section was walled at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, in around 1850 BCE, by Canaanites who established a settlement there (or in the vicinity) named Jebus. According to the Bible, it was this city that King David captured in around 1000 BCE and renamed the City of David. David intended to build a sanctuary to God, as the first temple of the Israelites in Jerusalem, outside the city walls on the northern edge of the hill. He purchased the area, which the Bible refers to as Mount Moriah, from Araunah who owned the site. David's son Solomon completed the task of erecting the First Temple at the site in 960 BCE. Solomon’s Temple was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 586 BCE.
The Western Wall commonly refers to an 187 feet (57 m) exposed section of ancient wall situated on the western flank of the Temple Mount. This section faces a large plaza and is set aside for prayer. In its entirety, however, the above ground portion of the Western Wall stretches for 1,600 feet (488 m)
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Israeli police clash with Palestinians in Jerusalem's Old City (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Sunday, 28 February 2010
(User Info | Send a Message) | The most serious unrest in Jerusalem's sacred Old City in five months came after days of disturbances in the West Bank triggered by a declaration that two Jewish shrines on Palestinian territory would be declared Israeli heritage sites.
At least 14 protestors and four policemen were hurt during the clashes as battles raged both in the winding alleyways of Jerusalem's walled Old City and at the hilltop compound of the al-Aqsa mosque where the trouble first started.
According to Israeli police, Palestinian protesters inside the al-Aqsa mosque, held by Muslims to mark the spot that the Prophet Mohammed ascended into Heaven, threw stones at a group of tourists visiting the compound.
The youths believed the tourists to be Jewish radicals intent on reclaiming the compound, which also houses the Dome of the Rock, for Israel.
Marking the spot where the two Hebrew temples of antiquity once stood, the compound is venerated by both the Jews, who call it the Temple Mount, and by Muslims, for whom it is the Haram al-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary.
The clashes erupted on the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the deliverance of the Israelites from the Persian vizier Haman.
Some Jewish spiritual leaders have called on their followers to increase their presence on the compound on festival days as part of a campaign one day to rebuild the Temple. Such calls have been condemned by most Israeli religious and political leaders.
The entry of Israeli forces into the compound to quell the disturbances was condemned both by Palestinian leaders and by the Jordanian monarch, Abdullah II.
"Israel's unilateral measures are very provocative and seek to change the identity of Jerusalem, threatening peace efforts in the region," the king said.
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader in the West Bank, last week warned Israel that it risked sparking a "religious war" after Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, placed the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Bethlehem's tomb of Rachel on a list of Israeli protected sites.
Partitioned into Muslim and Jewish sections, the building housing the Tomb of the Patriarchs is a historical flashpoint between Israelis and Palestinians. On the Purim holiday 16 years ago, a Jewish settler entered the Muslim side and shot dead 29 Palestinians at prayer.
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