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Metal Detectors and Palestinian Lies
by Bassam Tawil
July 22, 2017

…The metal detectors have one goal: to prevent terrorists from smuggling weapons into the Temple Mount. That is the act that should be viewed as a desecration of a holy site. Yet, rather than supporting the Israelis’ attempt to thwart bloodshed on this sacred soil, the Palestinians and other Arabs blame Israel for seeking to safeguard the well-being of all people — not least of all Muslim worshipers — through basic security measures. The Palestinian spin doctors are attempting to divert attention from the terror attack by making it look as if the crisis began when Israel installed the metal detectors and not when two police officers were murdered. The Palestinians and other Arabs are now crying to the international community that Israel is seeking to change the status quo at the Temple Mount…READ MORE

YNET Metal detectors to remain at Temple Mount

THE TOWER Temple Mount Crisis: It’s Not About the Metal Detectors

TIMES OF ISRAEL To put it really crudely then, Arabs killed Arabs at a holy place, the Jews are trying to ensure that it doesn’t happen again, and the Arab world is furious with the Jews about it

A planned “Day of Rage” turns violent as Muslims in Jerusalem protest the installation of metal detectors at the al-Aqsa holy site. Muslims rioted, presumably, for the right to bring knives, guns, other weapons to prayer:

https://youtu.be/qmDZ0BhZqKo