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2004-09-26 Israel-Palestine
Experts: Temple Mount's collapse inevitable
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Posted by Mark Espinola 2004-09-26 4:13:56 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 This is very disturbing on many levels.
Posted by Hiram 2004-09-26 4:48:51 PM||   2004-09-26 4:48:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Israel is fervently trying to convince the Muslim authorities atop the Mount of the danger of allowing thousands of worshippers to enter potentially unstable sections of the compound, knowing that any collapse would be blamed on the Jews.

And that contains truths in microcosm on many levels.
Posted by Bulldog  2004-09-26 4:53:26 PM||   2004-09-26 4:53:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Experts: Temple Mount’s collapse inevitable

And here I sat, thinking that this was going to be a debate over whether it would involve a D9 Caterpillar or a shoulder launch missile.

This is a major no-win situation for Israel. An independent panel of qualified architectural engineers needs to be assemble right quick in order to render an unbiased finding on this.

For those unclear on the topic, Arab municipalities are famous for illegal construction. This often manifests in the addition of extra vertical stories upon buildings not designed with any further load-bearing structural capability.

Building collapses are common in Egypt and are often caused by shoddy construction or the unauthorized building of extra stories. The last such incident was May 4, when a seven-story apartment building collapsed in Cairo, killing at least seven people.

Even more ironic is how the illegal excavations that threaten the Temple Mount are being carried on by Wakf, the Moslem trust.

As has been reported of late in these bulletins, there has been an intensified campaign in the past few weeks by the Wakf to accelerate the pace of destruction of Jewish artifacts and remnants from the era of the Holy Temple. This is being done in advance of the infamous "final status negotiations" which will be held to determine the future of Jerusalem. It is the Wakf's goal to completely destroy any evidence of Jewish claims to the Temple Mount, in order to pave the way for their ultimate attempt to severe Jerusalem from the State of Israel and the Jewish people.


The government of the State of Israel has turned a blind eye to this destruction. Hundreds of truckloads of fill from underneath the Temple Mount have already been removed and dumped. Archeologists have already proven that this fill contains remnants from the Second Temple and even from Solomon's Temple and earlier periods. The activity has not been ceased and continues with impunity.

The connections between Wakf and Nazi favorite Mufti Haj Amin Al-Husseini are well documented. So are the links between Mufti Haj Amin Al-Husseini and Yasser Arafat. That all of this is leading towards destruction of the Al Aqsa temple is supremely ironic.

One exception was the Mufti Haj Amin Al-Husseini, a member of a prominent Jerusalem family, who in 1919 led the first Arab demonstration against Zionism in Jerusalem, in which both Jews and Arabs died. The Mufti escaped to Trans-Jordan, returning two years later to head the largest economic and religious organization in Palestine. The returning culprit was appointed by the High Commissioner, Herbert Samuel, as the Mufti of Jerusalem and the director of the Muslim Wakf, a trust which controlled 12.5 percent of the agricultural land in Palestine, including thousands of dwellings and religious and educational institutions.

Haj Amin Al-Husseini's influence in Palestine was extensive. He was able to impose his absolute authority on the Arab society in Palestine, leading armed uprisings (especially during 1936-1939) that exhausted the Palestinian Arabs and stripped their society of its best members, since those who disagreed with the Mufti were murdered by his followers.
Posted by Zenster 2004-09-26 4:55:41 PM||   2004-09-26 4:55:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't consider the prospect of collapse of the edifice disturbing at all. It's rather ugly.

The unfortunate aspect of bunches of people collapsing with it has a darwinian undertone written all over it--if the muzzies flood the place in great numbers, despite warnings, they picked their own method of destructor--it ain't SatyPuft Mashmallow Man.
Posted by Memesis 2004-09-26 4:58:39 PM||   2004-09-26 4:58:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 PIMF Saty=Stay
Posted by Memesis 2004-09-26 4:59:20 PM||   2004-09-26 4:59:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Israelis can get the world's experts to say what foolishness the excavations are and how they are putting innocent people in danger. The Paleos and Co are not wired for reason, so no matter what is done to try to do it rationally, nothing will become of it. Memesis is right: let them bring down themselves. Look at almost every muslim country and the history of dangerous buildings and major accidents. They ignore common sense and fundamental structural engineering. Take a look at the city of Bam, Iran. The BTs want a Nuke but they cannot even build a decent building. Helllllllllloooooooooo!
Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-09-26 5:50:48 PM||   2004-09-26 5:50:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 While there is much to what you say, AP, it would still behoove Israel to obtain solid documentation from credible sources. Although it would be unlikely to sway Palestinian attempts at blaming al Aqsa's collapse upon a Zionist Plot,™ it would at least assist in a gradual process of making the outside world aware of just how congenitally deluded most Arab minds are.
Posted by Zenster 2004-09-26 6:11:32 PM||   2004-09-26 6:11:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 dang...I'm starting to think those guys that wrote Revelations may have had a crystal ball after all. If it falls, please don't rebuild in in 7 days. Thanks!
Posted by 2B 2004-09-26 6:20:37 PM||   2004-09-26 6:20:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Alaska Paul, they'll just steal it from their betters.
Posted by Edward Yee  2004-09-26 7:19:32 PM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]  2004-09-26 7:19:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Just get that Egyptian construction company to give it a clean bill of health and then open the place for business.
Posted by Anonymous6667 2004-09-26 7:42:11 PM||   2004-09-26 7:42:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Bible Prophecy says a new temple will errected on the Temple Mount. There are many groups who are wishing the thing collapses. The bigger question is who will win the reconstruction contract?
Posted by TomAnon 2004-09-26 8:17:01 PM||   2004-09-26 8:17:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 The bigger question is who will win the reconstruction contract?

My bid is by far the best!
Posted by Satan 2004-09-26 10:04:45 PM||   2004-09-26 10:04:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Let it collapse by itself. They've been warned.
Posted by Ptah  2004-09-26 10:13:23 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]  2004-09-26 10:13:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 The collapse, unfortunately will take out the Wailing Wall and all the Jews who happen to be praying there at the time.
Posted by RWV 2004-09-26 11:49:10 PM||   2004-09-26 11:49:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 RWW, the possible collapse has been all over the media. Whoever is so inclined to be present when the probability is at its peak, it is their choice to enter as candidates for Darwin Award.
Posted by Memesis 2004-09-27 12:05:12 AM||   2004-09-27 12:05:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#16 Can I donate a shovel?
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2004-09-27 12:06:56 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com]  2004-09-27 12:06:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#17 thisn not funy guys. itn time go read my bibler and read up more the lizard peples thatn coming.
Posted by muck4doo 2004-09-27 12:54:14 AM|| [http://www.meatismurder.blogspot.com]  2004-09-27 12:54:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#18 muck4doo, intriguing, but hard to understand. Can you please translate into English? Thanks.
Posted by Memesis 2004-09-27 1:19:35 AM||   2004-09-27 1:19:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#19 Mucky: the lizard peples aren't coming; they're here. Didn't you get the memo?
Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-09-27 1:19:36 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]  2004-09-27 1:19:36 AM|| Front Page Top

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