And what attacks on the Al Aqsa mosque by Israel? The only danger of damage to the mosque in the last few decades has been from the Muslim Waqf (religious foundation) that was doing illegal digging inside the foundations of the structure in order to destroy any archaeological sites there, for fear they would show the ancient Jewish presence in Jerusalem if they were ever properly excavated. Their fears were well founded. People going through the spoil heaps from those diggings (they cannot be called excavations) found many artifacts showing Jewish traits, like pieces of menorahs. The pottery found with the artifacts was of the First Temple Period and the divided monarchy.

Those diggings so weakened the foundations of the structure that aerial photos of the southern wall showed a distinct bulge in the wall. Come a hundred year rainstorm, or perhaps even a lesser storm, that the structure would have collapsed. Guess who would have been blamed. Then Israel stepped in and paid to shore it up again. Fo years the Waqf paid no attention to the Israel Antiquity Authority’s demands they stop their vandalism.

By the way, what the Waqf was doing violated international law. But then. practically everything the Palestinian Arabs do, especially in their warmaking, violates international law. And the world yawns, then complains about imaginary or lying accusations of Israel violations.