The AFP has done the expected and also downplayed the significance and holiness of the Temple Mount to Jews. That’s three for three. Time to check for UPI’s version.
The site, venerated by Muslims as the third holiest site in Islam and by Jews as the location of their ancient temple that was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, is a notorious flashpoint where violence has periodically flared.
And here comes the Muslim Big Lie:
Thousands of Palestinians had attended prayers at the mosque and heard the Jerusalem mufti slam the current Israeli works.
Israel is “Judaizing Jerusalem,” he declared, urging Muslims throughout the world to “protect” occupied east Jerusalem and the mosque esplanade.
Here’s a hint for you, morons: Jerusalem was Jewish long before Mohammed had his fever-dreams in the desert. Three millennia of Jewish history has “Judaized” Jerusalem. (I so hate that word.)
Watch for UN condemnation, upcoming.