The third holiest site in Islam. Access restricted.
Huh.
IIRC the Crusades were launched for similar reasons. Not saying either “holy war” is justified, only that fundies on either side act as fundies do.
Claim they want to improve their citizen’s safety, but do everything in their power to make enemies at every turn. Real smart of them. How can none of these morons in their government think “let’s not antagonise everyone around us”? Any 10 year old is smart enough to do better.
Antagonisation is not a byproduct, it’s the policy
I didn’t say it was a byproduct, I just questioned the intelligence of the people behind it, since they don’t truly gain anything other than enemies.
Guessing the IDF will blow it up soon because it made them feel threatened.
They’ve practically completely dug out beneath it (for “archaeology”) so it will inevitably collapse
The article couldn’t figure out what is actually al-Aqsa mosque.
The mosque in this picture is the Dome of the Rock mosque. Al-Asqa Mosque is on the other side of the plaza, behind the photographer’s back!Heck yeah! Mange to keep things stirred up using that god nonsense as hot grease. Way to go guys - way . to . go .
