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Tuesday, October 3 2000 02:00 4 Tishri 5761
The Jerusalem Post
Jewish rights on the Temple Mount
By Ariel Sharon
(October 3) - We have ample evidence today that the violent riots
and armed confrontations with Israeli police and soldiers which
broke out last Thursday on the Temple Mount during my visit there
was part of a premeditated campaign organized and initiated by
the Palestinian Authority.
The PA used its security force, which has been operating
illegally in Jerusalem, in violation of the Oslo Accords, to
conduct this campaign.
Palestinian Preventive Security Service chief Col. Jibril Rajoub
, the General Intelligence Apparatus in the West Bank under
Brig.-Gen. Tawfik Tirawi, and the Tanzim - Palestinian Chairman
Arafat's Fatah armed militia - all were involved in the planning,
initiation, and execution of the violent riots, including the
instigation of armed attacks and the use of explosives on
soldiers and civilians in the Netzarim area several days before
my visit to the Temple Mount.
Deliberate and provocative incitment by Israeli Arab Knesset
members, calling on Palestinians and Arab Israelis to confront
Israeli police and soldiers in the battle for the Temple Mount
was part of this carefully orchestrated operation to ignite riots
in large-scale violence in Judea, Samaria, Gaza, and Israel
proper among its Arab Israeli citizens.
These regrettable and ominous developments have been termed the
inevitable "Palestinian War of Independence."
But there is more to these developments than just the question of
who will have control over the Temple Mount. What we are
witnessing these days is not just a Palestinian war of
independence, it is a struggle over the shape and future of
Israel as a state. This struggle's outcome will determine the
extent to which Israel can maintain its Jewish and democratic
character as defined by the Declaration of Independence amidst
those who wish it to be something else: definitely not a Jewish
state, and probably not a true democracy capable of defending the
rights and liberties of its citizens, Jews and Arabs alike.
I visited the Temple Mount with members of the Likud faction in
the Knesset, as I have done many times before, to inspect and
ascertain that freedom of worship and free access to the Temple
Mount in Jerusalem, which is sovereign Israeli territory, is
ensured to everyone: Christians, Moslems, and Jews in particular,
since it is and has been for over 3,000 years the site of our
holiest shrine.
Ever since the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967, Israel has
made careful arrangements to ensure freedom of worship and free
access to the site for Moslems, Christians, and Jews alike.
Historically, however, it should be noted that only under Israeli
rule was that for everyone, including Jews. The Waqf is
attempting to deliberately destroy all archaelogical evidence of
Jewish claims to this holy site, while using terror and
intimidation to impose their exclusive claim to the site.
Proof of the PA's systematic campaign and premeditated efforts to
take control of the Temple Mount were publicly presented by
Israeli Police inspector-general and other security officials
following my visit; the evidence has been documented.
As for myself, despite the recent violent events, I remain fully
committed to achieving peace with all our Arab neighbors,
including the Palestinians. I believe that we can live together
with Palestinians, but not when systematic anti-Jewish,
anti-Israel incitement instigated by the PA and its leaders to
official media sources continues unabated, as became evident in
the past few days.
When Palestinian policemen open fire on civilians, it is
difficult to imagine future conciliation. This spread of
violence, terror, and incitement will only place the full
consequences of these actions on the shoulders of the Palestinian
leadership as well as the leaders of the Arab Israeli community.
If they continue down this path, they will be leading them
astray, rather than giving them the hope of real peace.
Finally, in order to achieve true conciliation, the Palestinians
must recognize the historical right of the Jews to their capital,
and particularly to the Temple Mount. Freedom of access and
religious worship would never be denied to Americans, Europeans,
or Arabs in their own respective capitals and countries. It
should never be denied to Jews in their one, eternal capital.
Peace is still at hand, but only with an undivided Jerusalem
under full Israeli sovereignty.
The writer is chairman of the Likud.
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