I saw the following headline at Al Jazeera just now:
Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound
Needless to say, I thought something terrible was going on. The al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem is a very holy site in Islam which sits on the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. Fighting there would set the stage for much more violence elsewhere.
I read the article under the headline. It had nothing much to do with the headline. Today is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. About 1000 Israeli Jews went to the Temple Mount to pray as a result of the holiday. The "storming" of the compound consisted of these Jews coming to the area (which is their right) and praying. Al Jazeera described this as "illegal activity" even though it did mention that the congregation was praying with an Israeli police contingent guarding them in order to make sure that there was no violence.
So you tell me: how many people around the world think that some group of Israeli settlers actually stormed a Moslem holy site due to this sort of dishonest reporting.
Hundreds of Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound
Needless to say, I thought something terrible was going on. The al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem is a very holy site in Islam which sits on the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. Fighting there would set the stage for much more violence elsewhere.
I read the article under the headline. It had nothing much to do with the headline. Today is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. About 1000 Israeli Jews went to the Temple Mount to pray as a result of the holiday. The "storming" of the compound consisted of these Jews coming to the area (which is their right) and praying. Al Jazeera described this as "illegal activity" even though it did mention that the congregation was praying with an Israeli police contingent guarding them in order to make sure that there was no violence.
So you tell me: how many people around the world think that some group of Israeli settlers actually stormed a Moslem holy site due to this sort of dishonest reporting.
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