I Told You The Violence Was Planned & Premeditated

Remember what I wrote?

Here. And at the end of this.


Well:-

Wheelbarrows full of rocks intended to be used to throw at Jewish worshippers at the Kotel and security personnel were found on Sunday throughout the Al-Aqsa compound on the Temple Mount.

And even Ha-Ha-Haaretz informs us:

At present, the PA is not doing enough to ease tensions, while the Islamic Movement's northern faction is apparently working in concert with a number of Palestinian figures in an effort to spark an escalation of hostilities on the mount.

And the sequence of events last week was:

Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, the head of the Waqf, said that just before Yom Kippur, a number of Jewish groups distributed notices announcing that they planned to visit the Temple Mount on the eve of the holiday. [visits are permitted; prayer is stillunfortunately banned by the Israeli authorities] In response, the former mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, called on Muslim worshipers to gather at Al-Aqsa Mosque last Sunday, to defend it against the Jews. His call was also taken up by Hatem Abdel Khader, the Fatah official who holds the Jerusalem portfolio, and other factions belonging to the Islamic Movement.

After morning prayers that day, some 200 people gathered at the square waiting for the Jews to enter.

"The police knew about this," Al-Khatib said. "One of the officers who is responsible for police coordination with the Waqf, called me and I warned him not to open the Temple Mount to Jewish worshipers." [why? what's wrong with a legal act?]

At 7:30 A.M., the Mughrabim Gate was opened and a group of tourists entered the compound. Muslims began hurling stones at them [a case of mistaken identity] and at the police officers who tried to hurry the tourists away from the scene.

Sunday, however, it seemed as if the appropriate conclusions had been drawn: After learning that dozens of Muslims planned to await the arrival of "extremist Jews" at the Temple Mount, the police decided that the entire area would remain closed to non-Muslim visitors.

Here's more on the Friday before the Sunday:

On Friday the leader of the Islamic Movement's northern branch told followers that should Muslims have to choose between renouncing the al-Aqsa Mosque and becoming martyrs they will choose the latter.

"Should the State of Israel make us choose…we will clearly choose to be martyrs," said Sheikh Raed Salah in the annual al-Aqsa convention in Umm al-Fahm. "We are a nation that does not give up, we will die and win; the al-Aqsa Mosque is not a matter that can be given up on, and we shall win, God willing."

Thousands of Muslims heeded Salah's call and made their way to Jerusalem's Old City early Sunday. Police initially restricted access to the compound – both to tourists and visitors – as a precautionary measure, after learning that residents of east Jerusalem were urged to "come to protect the Mount."

But this is really a sorry state of affairs:

Jerusalem District Police Commander Aharon Franco said recent Arab protests at the Temple Mount were signs of their "ingratitude" following the police's conduct during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Franco said there was a possibility that Islamic Movement head Sheikh Raed Salah may be arrested. Regarding the Muslim's grievances against Israel's conduct, he said, "Many of the things in the newspapers don't match the reality. A lot of it is lies. The status quo will be maintained meticulously, included at the Temple Mount."

Why is he boo-hooing?

Listen to this guy:

"The recent events in Jerusalem's Old City mark the beginning of a difficult period, Sheikh Kamal Khatib, the deputy head of the Islamic Movement's branch in northern Israel, told Ynet on Monday, "The al-Aqsa Mosque is ours, and Jerusalem is our city. This should be a place of peace, not war."

On Sunday Khatib was arrested along with Fatah's Jerusalem portfolio holder Hatem Abdel Kader and three others during the riots that erupted in Jerusalem's Old City after local police decided to restrict access to the Temple Mount compound – both to tourists and visitors – as a precautionary measure, after learning that residents of east Jerusalem were urged to "come to protect the Mount" amid rumors that extremist Jews were planning to visit the site.

...Addressing the Muslim world's mild response to the developments in east Jerusalem, Khatib said, "If people in Israel think that that the Muslims are silent, they are gravely mistaken. History has showed us that the Islamic faith will eventually erupt, and when it does there is no telling how things will end."

Heeding the call of Islamic Movement leader Sheikh Raed Salah, hundreds of supporters continued to flock to Jerusalem on Monday. After their entrance to al-Aqsa was blocked, they gathered at the nearby Wadi Joz neighborhood in east Jerusalem to hear Salah speak.

"We'll liberate al-Aqsa with blood and fire," Salah told the crowd.

Rampant Islam on the march.

P.S.

An "irate" Jordan gets in the act:

Jordan reprimanded Israeli Ambassador Yaakov Rosen following Sunday morning's riots in Jerusalem's Old City, which erupted after local police closed the Temple Mount to visitors and Muslim worshippers for fear of violence.

Rosen was summoned Sunday evening to the Foreign Ministry in Amman, where a senior official also criticized him over Israel's continued construction in east Jerusalem and in areas surrounding the capital.

Jordan was particularly irate over the fact that police barred Azzam Khatib from entering the Temple Mount.