The Temple Mount (Flash 90 photo/ Jamal Awad)
Under a shower of fireworks, the police allowed over a thousand Jews into the Temple Mount during Rosh Hashanah. The Jewish immigrants prayed for a new year, for years they blew the shofar and were driven away. Arrests of Muslims and removals for extended periods.
In total, 1,083 Jews went up to pray on the Temple Mount on both days of Rosh Hashanah and on the eve of the holiday. Twice as much as last year, when 572 Jews immigrated in these days. On the two days of the holiday, 656 Jews prayed on the Temple Mount, exactly twice as many as last year when 328 Jews prayed there. On the eve of the holiday, 427 Jews went up to pray for the new year.
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Many Muslims barricaded themselves on the Temple Mount inside the mosque and shot fireworks from it. The police, who were prevented from entering the mosque to take them out, brought the Jews into the Temple Mount on the route of the holidays under greatly increased security, under the command of the district commander Doron Turgeman who was himself in the area on both days of the holiday. Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai was also present at the scene.
On both days of Rosh Hashanah, Jews blew the shofar on the Temple Mount. The years that were stuck in violation of the government’s order were removed from the mountain and as a result the police tightened the conditions of the ascent by inspection and close escort inside the mountain. To prevent further cases or control them immediately.
The immigrants reported morning and minachah prayers throughout the opening hours, in the absence of intrusive photographs. The Temple Mount Administration served the immigrants light refreshments and wine for the Kiddush. The Muslims report being arrested and deported for their attempts to interfere with the Jewish immigration. At the entrance gates of the Muslims, the police collected the identity cards of the entrants, and did not allow the entry of Muslim suspects already at the gates of the Old City. Tomorrow, the Gedaliah fast and during the ten days of penance, thousands are expected to visit the mountain.
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