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Submitted by Benjamin Mandel, May 15, 2007 16:16

Though I frequently agree with Mr. Halkin's articles about Israel, I believe he was way off base on his comments about the Temple Mount, whose significance to the Moslem faith is only apparent when Jews have a possibility of accessing it. During the entire period from 1948-1967 when it was in Arab hands, and no Jew could get anywhere near it , nor the "old city " of Jerusalem for that matter, there were few if any Arab heads of state who had any interest in visiting this holy place. Indeed, when Jews pray all over the world they face Jerusalem and when they pray in Israel they face the Temple Mount. When Muslims pray they face Mecca even as their backs face Jerusalem. Furthermore, the comment about " herds of animals..." was a ubiquitous swipe at a Temple for which the Jews have prayed for 2000 years.

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Hillel Hatkin is offering a rationale and paradigm for piecemeal dismemberment not only of Israel but of many nations including... [MORE]	Len Mansky	May 15, 2007 22:36
How sad to think that, after keeping the dream alive for centuries and celebrating the unification of rhe eastern and... [MORE]	Chana Givon	May 15, 2007 17:29
Though I frequently agree with Mr. Halkin's articles about Israel, I believe he was way off base on his comments...	Benjamin Mandel	May 15, 2007 16:16
Craven surrender is the mildest word for this piece. Thousands of years of Jewish yearning for the Temple Mount are... [MORE]	Stephen H. Weiner	May 15, 2007 12:12
In his call for territorial concessions, Hillel Halkin fails to answer the true problem, illegal immigration. Many of the Arab... [MORE]	Sergey Kadinsky	May 15, 2007 12:07
The trap that somehow, somewhere, if we just give this or that, the Arabs will live in peace with us.... [MORE]	Andrew Berman	May 15, 2007 10:44
Israel should relinquish sovereignty over the Temple Mount because Moslem mosques stand on it? Follow that logic and a whole... [MORE]	Yitzchak Reuven	May 15, 2007 02:43
Hillel Halkin is entitled to his opinion about whether the Temple Mount should or should not be surrendered by Israel.... [MORE]	Yisrael Medad	May 15, 2007 02:10

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