Palestinian leaders, Jewish activists reject cameras on Temple Mount
Netanyahu, he said, had promised King Abdullah of Jordan and Kerry that Muslims would be granted unrestricted access to Temple Mount ahead of the month of Ramadan last June, only to restrict the age of men eligible to enter to above 40 or 50.
However, Maliki demanded that any arrangements for the Temple Mount be enshrined in a UN Security Council resolution, rather than only verbal commitments by the Israeli prime minister.
The Coalition of Temple Organizations, an assembly of Jewish groups advocating for the right of Jews to pray on Temple Mount, issued an angry statement Sunday following Netanyahu’s announcement that Jews would not be allowed to pray at the site.
“The Prime Minister is not allowed to prevent Jews from praying on Temple Mount,” the announcement read. “Disturbing Jews from praying on Temple Mount contradicts the ‘Jerusalem as capital of Israel’ law as the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”
The group interpreted Kerry’s announcement of surveillance cameras as a capitulation to Jordanian demands, calling it “the handing over of elements of government sovereignty to a foreign power.”
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