@kampeas @ruvirivlin 1/
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It's even worse. The problem of the muezzin loudspeakers on the Mount interfering with the President's solemn speeches at the Western Wall was not new. There has been a longstanding arrangement between the President's office/police.
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It's even worse. The problem of the muezzin loudspeakers on the Mount interfering with the President's solemn speeches at the Western Wall was not new. There has been a longstanding arrangement between the President's office/police.
@kampeas @ruvirivlin 2/
...betw.t he Pres./police and the waqf officials.
It was agreed that the volume on the two problematic loudspeakers on the Mount closest to the W. Wall Plaza would be turned down during the President's speech. It was an arrangement that worked to everyone's satisfaction.
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...betw.t he Pres./police and the waqf officials.
It was agreed that the volume on the two problematic loudspeakers on the Mount closest to the W. Wall Plaza would be turned down during the President's speech. It was an arrangement that worked to everyone's satisfaction.
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@kampeas @ruvirivlin 2/
This year, the Police showed up on the Mount and without warning, and demanded that the waqf turn down the volume on two additional loudspeakers to the east, that were nowhere near the plaza. The waqf officials refused, saying it was contrary to the existing understanding.
This year, the Police showed up on the Mount and without warning, and demanded that the waqf turn down the volume on two additional loudspeakers to the east, that were nowhere near the plaza. The waqf officials refused, saying it was contrary to the existing understanding.
@kampeas @ruvirivlin 4/
When the waqf refused to the Police demand that simply cut the wires to the two additional speakers, and also punished the waqf by forbidding a post-prayer gathering on the esplanade that had been customary in the past.
It's worth analyzing just how problematic this is.
When the waqf refused to the Police demand that simply cut the wires to the two additional speakers, and also punished the waqf by forbidding a post-prayer gathering on the esplanade that had been customary in the past.
It's worth analyzing just how problematic this is.
@kampeas @ruvirivlin 5/
One of the foundations of the status quo, dating to 1967, that Israel respects the autonomy and authority of the Jordanian/ Palestinian waqf on the Mount.
It is essential to maintaining the fragile stability on the site.
One of the foundations of the status quo, dating to 1967, that Israel respects the autonomy and authority of the Jordanian/ Palestinian waqf on the Mount.
It is essential to maintaining the fragile stability on the site.
@kampeas @ruvirivlin 6/
The actions of the police with the wires was not any isolated incident and is an example of just how the status quo has been eroded in recent years.
The police actions send a number of clear messages to the waqf, the worshipers and the Israeli and Palestinian publics.
The actions of the police with the wires was not any isolated incident and is an example of just how the status quo has been eroded in recent years.
The police actions send a number of clear messages to the waqf, the worshipers and the Israeli and Palestinian publics.
@kampeas @ruvirivlin 7/
The police messages:
1. We are in charge here, not the autonomous.
2. If you don't do as we tell you, we'll force you to.
3. Whenever the interests of the Muslim worshipers conflict with a real or perceived Israeli/Jewish interest, the latter takes precedence.
The police messages:
1. We are in charge here, not the autonomous.
2. If you don't do as we tell you, we'll force you to.
3. Whenever the interests of the Muslim worshipers conflict with a real or perceived Israeli/Jewish interest, the latter takes precedence.
@kampeas @ruvirivlin 8/
4. In this manner, a site recognized by Israel as a Muslim place of worship open to the respectful visits of non-Muslims in accordance with the decorum of the site and coordinated with an autonomous waqf is morphing into a joint Jewish-Muslim site.
4. In this manner, a site recognized by Israel as a Muslim place of worship open to the respectful visits of non-Muslims in accordance with the decorum of the site and coordinated with an autonomous waqf is morphing into a joint Jewish-Muslim site.
@kampeas @ruvirivlin 9/
This erosion of the status quo not only the police and the Temple Mt. movements has been going on for years. In the past, Netanyahu imposed discipline. No longer.
These trends accelerated in recent weeks and were a significant contributory factor to the eruption of violence.
This erosion of the status quo not only the police and the Temple Mt. movements has been going on for years. In the past, Netanyahu imposed discipline. No longer.
These trends accelerated in recent weeks and were a significant contributory factor to the eruption of violence.
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