THY KINGDOM COME THY WILL BE DONE
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Yaakov Katz, THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 12, 2005
Will Jews begin proclaiming "Long live the king" in the near future? According to a group of 71 Jewish scholars who met this week in the Old City of Jerusalem in the form of a modern-day Sanhedrin - a duplicate of the religious tribunal which convened during the time of the Second Temple - a coronation day is growing closer As one member of the group put it, "We would have liked it to happen yesterday. But we are willing to wait until tomorrow." There hasn't been a genuine Sanhedrin in Israel for nearly 1,600 years; the last one to be proclaimed was in France, by Napoleon, for political gain. Shortly after the establishment of the State of Israel, religious affairs minister Judah Leib Maimon raised the notion of reinstituting the ancient body, to no avail. The group composed largely of Kahane sympathizers that gave itself the name Sanhedrin in October, however, met Sunday to discuss the creation of a Jewish monarchy in the State of Israel. For the past several years a group called the Monarchists has conducted extensive research into the lineage of several families in an effort to discover who has the closest bloodline to the biblical King David - a requirement for any future Jewish king. Rabbi Yosef Dayan from Psagot, known for his recent threats to place a death curse on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, is said to be a leading candidate to become the "king of Israel."
One of the ideas, members said,
is to climb the Mount and build the altar within minutes and sacrifice the lamb before security forces can stop them. Another, said leading Sanhedrin member Baruch Ben-Yosef, is to pray for a tsunami-like disaster on the Mount. "In one second, God wiped out 150,000 people," he said. "Who knows? Maybe he'll help us if we show him we are ready." Participants also discussed Ben-Yosef's idea of reinstating the Sanhedrin's authority to announce Rosh Hodesh, the beginning of the new lunar month. "It is very important to reinstate the Sanhedrin's authority to announce the month, because it will force people to understand that God gave us the power to control the calendar and our own destiny," Ben-Yosef said.
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FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU
10,000 Jews to ascend
Temple Mount
Group seeks to reclaim
Israeli control of holy site
Posted: March 16, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
JERUSALEM -- A grassroots Jewish organization plans to bring 10,000 Jews to the heavily restricted Temple Mount to spark Israeli dialogue about reclaiming the holy site from its Muslim custodians.
"The Temple Mount is the single holiest place in the world for Jews. It's about time the Israeli government restores it to the Jewish people, where it belongs," David Ha'ivri, chairman of Revava, the group orchestrating the gathering, told WND.
The visit, scheduled for April 10, would be the largest Jewish presence at the Temple Mount since the ancient Temple period, said Haivri.
The Mount is the area directly behind the Western Wall in Jerusalem. It is the site of Judaism's first and second temples, the primary area of worship for the Jewish faith and the location in which Gods "shekhina," or presence, is thought by Jews to reside. The area is about the size of 15 football stadiums.
Christianity considers the area historically important. The book of Luke records that Jesus, raised a devout Jew, was dedicated in the Second Temple in accordance with the Laws of Moses, and describes Jesus' boyhood visit to the Temple, which, it is written in John, he cleansed at Passover and during the last week of his life. Jesus once referred to the Temple as his "Father's house."
Although not mentioned by name in the Quran, the Temple Mount also is commonly identified by Muslims as the "furthermost sanctuary," the site from which Muhammad, accompanied by the angel Gabriel, made the Night Journey to the Throne of God.
The Temple Mount was opened to the general public until September 2000, when the Palestinians started their intifada by throwing stones at Jewish worshipers after then-candidate for prime minister Ariel Sharon visited the area.
Following the onset of violence, the new Sharon government closed the Mount to non-Muslims, using checkpoints to control all pedestrian traffic for fear of further clashes with the Palestinians.
The Temple Mount was reopened to non-Muslims in August 2003. It is still open but only Sundays through Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., and not on any Christian, Jewish or Muslim holidays or other days considered "sensitive" by the Waqf, the Muslim custodians of the Temple Mount.
During "open" days, Jews and Christian are allowed to ascend the Mount, usually through organized tours and only if they conform first to a strict set of guidelines, which includes demands that they not pray or bring any "holy objects" to the site. Visitors are banned from entering any of the mosques without direct Waqf permission. Rules are enforced by Waqf agents, who watch tours closely and alert nearby Israeli police to any breaking of their guidelines.
"The current situation is just miserable," said Haivri, whose group's stated mission is to "restore self-esteem to the state of Israel by restoring national pride and values."
"The Temple Mount is the only holy place in the world, aside from Mecca, where Jews are explicitly forbidden to pray ... and here the restrictions are coming from a Jewish government."
Haivri says the Sharon administration "is entirely secular. They don't have any regard for religious values. ... Our trip to the Mount will change the talk and drive home to the government that they need to reopen the area and allow Jews to pray there. ... Hopefully the trip will spark more Jews to come on a daily basis."
Yisrel Meir Cohen, Revava executive director, said the group is working with the Israeli police, who control access to the Temple Mount, to keep the site accessible to Jews for longer hours on the day of the gathering, and open an additional gate to the area to accommodate the expected large rally attendance. Currently, Jews and Christians are allowed only into the Temple Mount through a small gate adjacent to the Western Wall.
Cohen said he doesn't anticipate any violence at his gathering. "We are very aware of the sensitivities of the Temple Mount. This protest is completely peaceful."
Shmulik Benruby, a spokesman for Jerusalem police, told WND, "We are still looking into the details of the event. We haven't made any decisions yet."
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april 10? i wonder if they plan on trying to surprise the authorities and move up the date
War is just a racket. I wouldnt go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket
Maj Gen S Butler
"the man that votes controls nothing-the man that counts the votes controls everything"
J Stalin
“The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."
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