AL AQSA CHILLS OUT ! It must be true, if it's in the NYT !

Calm at Jerusalem Holy Site in Spite of Calls for Protest ------ New York Times, February 16, 2007...

BUT JUST HOLD IT ! Au Contraire ! What's this latest video from Link TV / Mosaic pretending to show me ?
Link TV - Mosaic - Friday, February 16, 2007....

SAME DAY, DIFFERENT STORY ??....................................

JUST HOLD IT !

We heard the Mayor of Jerusalem ordered a halt to the project. But have any of the "diggers" really hung up their pickaxes ?

Here comes our American-born Jerusalem Princess, MIRI EISEN, to inform us to the contrary ! Honestly now, folks ! ! YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP ! ( unless you happen to be Miri Eisen, of course ) ........................................[ SORRY, FOLKS, FRANCE 24 HAS KILLED THIS PIECE ] http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?i...
HERE IS MORE FRESH VIDEO IN PLACE OF IT. DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS ! MUHAMMAD IS RETURNING TO HIS PEOPLE ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAHJ3G7_da4
YouTube - Al Aqsa {This situation has a potential to inflame the Middle East faster than a nuclear attack. Is this a deliberate provocation, or just pathological insanity at work? }

How long will Muslim men under 45 and Palestinians be held back from devotions at Al Aqsa? ..........

More video updates from Sabbah's Blog ( better quality )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6Cw9sHOJew&eurl=
YouTube - The Battle for Jerusalem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmb8PGgbx8g&eurl=
YouTube - In Search of Tunnels Under the Dome of the Rock .........

As the International Community Remains Silent, Israeli Occupation Authorities Continue the Judaization of Occupied Arab Jerusalem
International Solidarity Movement

by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, February 11th

PCHR strongly condemns diggings conducted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Arab Jerusalem. PCHR further denounces the storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque and use of excessive force by IOF against hundreds of Palestinian civilians who attended the Friday Prayer on 9 February 2007. PCHR warns of the continuation of diggings, which pose a serious threat to one of the holiest sites for Arabs and Muslims and agitate the feelings of more than one billion Muslims around the world.

PCHR is concerned over IOF’s challenge to the international law and international legitimacy resolutions related to the Holy City. PCHR is astonished by the silence of the international community, the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention and Switzerland, the depository of the Geneva Convention, towards crimes and attacks by IOF against holy sites. PCHR believes that such silence encourages IOF to continue their actions to Judaize occupied Arab Jerusalem, undermine its religious and historic character and violate Palestinian rights in the city.

PCHR stresses that the latest diggings in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa Mosque are part of Israeli official actions aimed at the Judaization of the Holy City and remove its Arab-Islamic character. Such actions by IOF have included declaring the annexation of occupied Arab Jerusalem to Israeli territory; confiscating Palestinian civilian property; establishing Israeli settlements and settling Jews in them; constructing the Annexation Wall around it; preventing Palestinian civilians from building houses and demolishing existing ones; taking racial decisions to vacate the city of Palestinians; and isolating the city from the rest of the West Bank. PCHR believes that the forcible migration of the Palestinian population from Jerusalem is one of the methods adopted by Israel to create a new reality under which Jews would constitute the overwhelming majority of the population in the city. Successive Israeli governments have made efforts to ensure that the Palestinian population in the city would not exceed 22% of the total population to change the demographic balance in the city. To achieve this goal, they have used various methods, the latest of which have been the construction of the Annexation Wall around the city, cancellation of permanent residence of Palestinian civilians and the annexation of nearby settlement blocs to the city boundaries.

In a scene reminding of the incidents that led to the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada on 28 September 2000, on Friday noon, 9 February 2007, IOF stormed the yards of the al-Aqsa Mosque in the old city of occupied Arab Jerusalem. IOF used excessive force against worshippers, wounding dozens of them. Storming the al-Aqsa Mosque and imposing restrictions on access to the Mosque aimed to prevent Palestinian peaceful protests against the diggings conducted by IOF in the vicinity of the Mosque, which began on 6 February 2007.

According to investigations conducted by PCHR, on Friday morning, IOF deployed thousands of members of the Israeli police and "Border Guard" in the vicinity and at the entrances of the old city of occupied Arab Jerusalem. They stopped and checked Palestinian civilians and prevented those aged under 45 from entering the old city. At the conclusion of the Friday Prayer, the worshippers saw hundreds of members of the Israeli Police and "Border Guard" in the yards of the Mosque, so a number of them started to loudly praise God. Immediately, IOF fired dozens of tear gas canisters, sound bombs and bullets at the worshippers. The worshippers moved back into the Mosque, but members of the Israeli police and "Border Guard" continued to move towards the Mosque, opening fire. They closed the doors of the Mosque with metal chains and held hundreds of worshippers inside until 14:00.

Dozens of worshippers were wounded. IOF prevented ambulances from tending to the wounded, so worshippers were forced to carry the wounded and take them to ambulances which were far from the Mosque. According to sources of the al-Mqassed Hospital in Jerusalem, 24 of the wounded were admitted into the hospital. The others were evacuated to Israeli hospitals.

PCHR strongly condemns diggings in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa Mosque and the storming of the yards of the Mosque by IOF, and recalls similar provocative actions that led to the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada in September 2000, during which thousands of Palestinian civilians were killed, due to the spiritual and symbolic status of the al-Aqsa Mosque for Palestinians and for Muslims in general.

PCHR believes that the failure of the international community, particularly the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, to take effective steps to stop crimes committed by IOF serves to encourage IOF to commit more of such crimes against Palestinian civilians and property. The legal cover provided by the United States to Israel and the silence of European States towards crimes committed against Palestinian civilians and their religious sites not only place Israel above international humanitarian law, but also encourage Israel to commit more crimes against Palestinian civilians, property and holy sites.

In light of the above:

1) PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligation under article 1 to ensure respect for the Convention in all circumstances.

2) PCHR calls upon the Swiss Government, as the depository of the Fourth Geneva Convention, to take the lead in highlighting grave breaches of the Convention, which are being perpetrated in occupied Arab Jerusalem.

3) PCHR calls upon the United Nations and UNESCO to fulfill their legal responsibilities to protect religious sites in occupied Arab Jerusalem from Israeli crimes, and stop diggings conducted by Israeli occupation authorities in the vicinity of the al-Aqsa Mosque.

More fresh video from 2/9/07 ( poor quality )
The Battle of Jerusalem - Al Aqsa Mosque (P1)

YouTube - Iran TV on Israeli Al-Aqsa Renovation Broadcast 6 February on Iranian state satellite TV (IRINN):

The Zionist regime's project to change part of the western wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which began today, has received a harsh reaction from the Muslim world, Palestinian religious institutions and Palestinian people.

Although the Zionist aggression against the Muslim shrine has a long history which brought about the formation of the Islamic Conference
Organization in 1969 after the Zionists set fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Zionists have regularly taken steps to damage the mosque.

A prominent example of such measures was digging a tunnel under the mosque with the objective of reaching Solomon's temple building. The Zionists did these things on the one hand with the aim of damaging the Al-Aqsa Mosque and if possible removing this sacred and inspirational
Muslim resource.

On the other hand the Zionists have tried to rewrite history and by discovering so-called Jewish religious sites to create conditions for the Zionists to enter and dominate the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Holy Jerusalem.

In reality what the Zionists are trying to do in Jerusalem and at the Al-Aqwsa Mosque is to eliminate cultural and religious sites from the culture of the Muslims in this area with the foolish idea that this will eliminate the grounds and motivation for criticism and the value of resistance among the Muslim people of Palestine and the Muslim nation against the Zionist regime.

The important point here is that Zionist measures such as this are in complete violation of international laws and the principles of international rights in the area of preserving the sanctity of cultural and religious values and entities.

At the same time aggression against the principle shrine of Muslims is a violation of all beliefs of more than 1.2 billion Muslims, and this demands a serious response from Muslim governments and nations and especially the Islamic Conference Organization, which was formed based on the need to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

YouTube - nasheed Alaqsa in Danger

February 7, 2007

PRESS RELEASE

Ref: 08/2007
Date: 07 February 2007
Time: 12:00 GMT
PALESTINIAN CENTER for HUMAN RIGHTS

PCHR calls upon the international community represented by governments and international organizations, specifically UNESCO, to intervene immediately to put an immediate end to Israeli destruction of Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem, especially around Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Centre appeals to these bodies to take immediate action to stop Israeli excavations, and to provide protection for Palestinians and their rights, especially their cultural and religious rights; and provide protection for Islamic holy sites, which are an important part of human culture and civilization. The destruction of Islamic holy sites constitutes a flagrant violation of International Humanitarian Law and International Law, especially the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949), which prohibits the destruction of civilian properties.

It is noted that Israeli bulldozers started to demolish a hill, a wooden bridge, and two rooms at the foot of the hill, which are property of the Islamic Waqf. The properties lead to the Magharba Gate, one of the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque that constitutes an integral part of the mosque. The demolition activities directly threaten Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings. It is noted that the Israeli archeological authority announced that it started the destruction activities to establish a bridge connecting Al-Buraq area with Al-Aqsa Mosque. The destruction is a prelude to erecting support pillars for the bridge on the road leading to Magharba gate. At the same time, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) prevented the Islamic Waqf, which supervises Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem, from conducting any renovation activities on the hill, which is a component of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

PCHR warns against the consequences of IOF attacks on Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem. These attacks include passing legislation to annex the city, ethnic cleansing of the city’s Palestinian population, confiscation of Palestinian property, establishing and expanding Jewish settlements, and transgressions against holy sites through demolitions and excavations in Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Centre reminds the international community that similar attacks on the civil, political, and cultural rights led to the eruption of a mass popular uprising in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) at the end of September 2000.

PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties of the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949), which prohibits the destruction of civilian properties including religious and archeological sites that are a component of human culture, to pressure Israeli occupation authorities to immediately stop all actions that threaten Islamic holy sites in occupied Jerusalem. The Centre calls upon UNESCO to fulfill its legal obligation towards the protection of Islamic holy sites from IOF crimes, and to work to stop all forms of demolition and excavations by the Israeli archeological authority.

MIDDLE EAST: VIOLENCE EXPLODES AT AL-AQSA DIG

Jerusalem, 9 Feb (AKI) - Muslim worshippers clashed on Friday with Israeli police around the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. About 200 police officers entered the area and reportedly hurled stun grenades and fired rubber bullets to disperse hundreds of Muslim protesters who threw stones and bottles to protest Israel's controversial renovation work on the holy Temple Mount site - known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif.

A number of young Palestinians were wounded, according to the Arab satellite TV network al-Arabiya, and 17 were arrested, according to CNN, which quoted police as saying the situation was "under control".

Police cited by the Jerusalem Post said they regained control the area after several dozen protestors were reported to have barricaded themsleves inside the al-Aqsa mosque. The Western Wall was evacuated for the safety of Jewish worshippers and Muslim entry to the Temple Mount was restricted to men over the age of 45 with Israeli IDs, the Jerusulem Post said.

The controversial Israeli dig, taking place dozens of metres outside the holy site ahead of the construction of a new bridge to the Mughrabi Gate, has spurred Muslim calls for violence and a new uprising or 'intifada'.

Palestinians say the excavations could damage the foundations of the Temple Mount compound while the Israeli authorities say renovations are needed to safeguard the ancient site and have guaranteed that there will be no structural damage to the area.

Some 3,000 police officers - more than double the normal amount - have been deployed throughout the Old City and nearby areas of east Jerusalem.
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