IN FEBRUARY 2004, the ramp leading up to the Mugrabi Gate in the al-Aqsa compound partly collapsed, and a temporary wooden structure was erected. In February 2007, Israel began building a permanent bridge to the gate. A Jerusalem law ordains…
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Digging up the Past, Destroying the Future
IT is no simple matter these days to visit the compound of the al-Aqsa Mosque, also known as the Temple Mount. Israeli soldiers guard not only the entrances, but also the alleys leading up to them. If they wish, they…
The Holocaust, the Faithful, and Disengagement
Ideological Crisis in the Religious Right THE ORTHODOX Jewish settlers raise the specter of civil war if Prime Minister Ariel Sharon persists in his plan to disengage from Gaza and part of the West Bank. Sixty rabbis have commanded soldiers…