Israeli PM grants license to build Jewish synagogue near Al Aqsa Mosque

Israeli PM grants license to build Jewish synagogue at door of Muslim Quarter near Al Aqsa Mosque
by Saed Bannoura
IMEMC.org

The current Israeli Prime Minister and former Mayor of Jerusalem is achieving his dream to further Judaize the Palestinian capital. Ehud Olmert has granted a license for a Jewish synagogue to be built 40 feet from Al Aqsa Mosque.

The Israelis would not allow President Arafat to be buried in Jerusalem despite UN Resolution 35 which states that Israel’s annexation of Jerusalem, and claim to the city as its own capital, is illegal and must be immediately rescinded.

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Over the past month in the Old City of East Jerusalem along the western side of the Al Aqsa Mosque, Israeli forces have built a ramp and answered inquiries as to what they were doing with a simple, “just cleaning,” as they excavated to the point of damaging the western side of Al Aqsa’s wall.

Olmert has just granted a license to build a Jewish synagogue at the door of the Muslim Quarter in the Old City, 40 meters from Al Aqsa Mosque. The permit went to a Jewish organization, Ateret Kohanim, described locally as extremist, to build a synagogue overlooking the mosque.

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