In Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, the confluence of religious holidays – Passover, Easter, Ramadan – was marked by Palestinian-Arab rioters in Jerusalem with the launching of incendiary devices and rocks towards Jewish worshipers, and violent altercations with Israeli police officers.
Honest Reporting Not surprisingly, there were images of Palestinian rioters stockpiling rocks inside the Al Aqsa mosque – Islam’s alleged third holiest site – to be used as weapons. The flag of Hamas – an Islamist terrorist group based in Gaza – was also seen displayed inside the mosque.
In contrast to the Palestinian territories, in Jerusalem, as Israel’s capital, people of all faiths have the freedom to worship, and in fact, since 1967, the Temple Mount’s Islamic edifices have been managed by the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, an Islamic trust.
Just a few days before Easter and Passover, in the ancient biblical city of Schechem, also known in Arabic as Nablus, Joseph’s Tomb, an ancient Jewish site believed to be the burial place of the biblical Joseph, was desecrated – for the third time in 22 years – by a mob of Palestinians who attempted to set the tomb ablaze. Not surprisingly, this issue was ceremoniously ignored by our media.
Against this backdrop of the abuse of Islamic holy sites by Muslims, one might have expected to see widespread condemnation by Canadian Muslim organizations against this appalling desecration and defilement of a sacred holy site. One organization, the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), published a condemnation, but rather than pointing the finger at the Muslim perpetrators who committed the violence, it opted to blame Israel.
In an eblast and social media campaign sent on April 15, the NCCM wrote: “Earlier this morning, as hundreds were completing fajr prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque, Israeli soldiers attacked with rubber bullets, stun grenades and beatings with police batons. 150 worshippers were injured.”
NCCM’s campaign claimed that: “With impunity, Israeli forces violated the internationally recognized sanctity of the Al Aqsa Mosque, one of the most sacred sites for Muslims worldwide. They attacked Palestinian worshippers as they prayed peacefully during Ramadan.This pattern of attacks during Ramadan every year in the recent past are an egregious violation of international law and must be condemned. This heartless assault during Ramadan by Israeli forces on one of the most inviolable sites for Muslims, and their flagrant violation of the human rights of Palestinians under international law, must be categorically condemned.”
This telling of events is an astounding attempt at warping the truth. In actuality, the Al Aqsa Mosque – which sits atop the Temple Mount – was being used as a staging ground for the lobbing of rocks and incendiary fireworks at Jewish worshipers in the Western Wall plaza below. Additionally, these rioters physically attacked Israeli police patrolling the Temple Mount.
It was for precisely this reason that Israeli riot police entered the mosque, and it was there that they discovered a large cache of rocks and fireworks, aimed to be used in violent attacks.
For several weeks, Israel has tried to work with relevant authorities to prevent violence at this holy time and despite the rioting, ensured that 60,000 Palestinian-Arabs could pray at Al Aqsa after the morning riots.
The NCCM eblast continued by claiming the same occurred last year: “This has happened before. Just last year in Ramadan 2021, Israeli forces came into Al Aqsa Mosque in clear violation of international human rights law. Then came the devastating war that followed.”
In 2021, during the Hamas-led war against Israel, the Al Aqsa Mosque was used by Palestinian extremists as a staging ground for violent attacks against Jewish worshipers at the Western Wall. This is not a matter of opinion, and it is not up for dispute. It is a matter of public record, supported by significant amount of photographic proof from inside the Al Aqsa Mosque, showing rocks and fireworks being kept inside the holy site by Palestinian extremists.
As such, the Palestinians injured during last year’s riots, just like the 150 estimated to be injured recently, are the fault entirely of Palestinian-Arab rioters, not of Israel.
BELOW: What really happened on the Temple Mount:
Linda Rivera says
Muslims are possessed with all consuming hate for the Temple Mount — the HOLIEST place on earth. It’s why Muslim constantly turn the sacred site into a place of great violence
lobbing rocks and incendiary fireworks at Jewish worshipers and physically attacking Israeli police.
Muslims would never desecrate THEIR Holy places with violence.
BLR says
I trust Israel , I don’t understand their methods of soft glove treatment of these historically constant murderous actions from these non citizen muslim maniacs … raze that Al Aqsa Mosquet to extinction , let the year of 2022 be the beginning of their end no more negotiations seventy seven years of patience to no result of peace for Israel is more than prof … abandon that course throw down the gauntlet draw your sword as King David did and would do this day were he in charge of his peoples safety … rely on your history to be your future trust it to no one else
Linda Rivera says
Muslims would never desecrate THEIR sacred places with violence!
End Muslim wicked desecration of the Holy Temple Mount, the HOLIEST place on earth for Jews and Bible believing Christians,
OBEY God! Rebuild the 3rd Jewish Temple!
Hadehoughalready says
Amir Tsarfati reported on this today:
BareNakedIslam says
It hasn’t started yet. He waits to gather a crowd, one of the reasons I don’t like him.