Hate and hope on the Temple Mount

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As I waited in line at Mugrabi Gate with dozens of non-Jewish international tourists to ascend the Temple Mount Monday morning, my mind involuntarily, and vividly, played out a number of macabre scenarios.

 

As a Jew, would I be beset by flying rocks hurled by seething, indignant Muslims as soon as I set foot on al-Aksa Compound? Would I find myself in the middle of another one of the countless notorious riots that occur there, resulting in police swarming with bulletproof vests, shields and stun grenades?

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