Sunday, April 10, 2005

TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: The planned Revava protest seems to have fizzled:
Low Turnout at Right-Wing Jewish March
Sun Apr 10, 2005 02:16 AM ET

By Corinne Heller

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian militants threatened to abandon a de facto cease-fire with Israel if right-wing Jews went ahead with a planned march to a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem on Sunday.

"If the Zionists defile al-Aqsa mosque, they will be planting the seeds of the third uprising," said Nizar Rayyan of the Islamic militant group Hamas.

But with Israeli police out in force at the site revered by Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and by Jews as the Temple Mount, only a handful of would-be marchers turned up for the 7:30 a.m. (0430 GMT) rendezvous.

Three of them were arrested, Army Radio said.

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UPDATE: The BBC has posted a brief guide to Jerusalem's Holy Sites.

UPDATE: David Ha'ivri and others have been arrested. And anti-disengagement protesters disrupted a Tel Aviv freeway this morning.

UPDATE (9:40 pm GMT): Yep, it fizzled. I have to say I'm relieved.
Small Turnout for Extremist Jewish Rally at Holy Site (the Scotsman)

A rally by Gaza withdrawal opponents at a contested Jerusalem holy site today ended in a fizzle, with only a few dozen protesters showing up, but it mobilised thousands of police in full riot gear.

Police arrested 31 extremist Jews who planned to demonstrate in the Old City of Jerusalem, along with a West Bank Hamas leader who spoke at the holy site, but the mass demonstration of 10,000 pledged by organisers did not materialise.

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