Khaled Abu Toameh
• November 3, 2015
- The Palestinian Authority (PA) will
continue to work against having cameras in the hope of preventing the
world from seeing what is really happening at the site and undermining
Jordan's "custodianship" over Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem.
- Another reason the Palestinians oppose King
Abdullah's idea is their fear that cameras would expose that Palestinians
have been smuggling stones, firebombs and pipe bombs into the Al-Aqsa
Mosque for the past two years.
- The cameras are also likely to refute the
claim that Jews are "violently invading" Al-Aqsa Mosque and
holding prayers on the Temple Mount. The cameras will show that Jews do
not enter Al-Aqsa Mosque, as Palestinians have been claiming. Needless to
say, no Jewish visitors have been caught trying to smuggle weapons into
the holy site.
- It remains to be seen how Secretary Kerry,
who brokered the camera deal between Israel and Jordan, will react to the
latest Palestinian Authority escalation of tensions. If Kerry fails to
pressure the PA to stop its incitement and attempts to exclude the
Jordanians from playing any positive role, the current wave of knife
attacks against Jews will continue.
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