We were pleasantly surprised to see the following Al-Jazeera reference to the Temple Mount:
Hamas claimed responsibility for that attack, which it said came in retaliation for a visit by Jews on Monday to the Jerusalem holy site that was home to the biblical Jewish temples and now houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third-holiest shrine.
We were struck that “home to the biblical Jewish temples” wasn’t qualified with the words, “Israelis claim,” or “according to Jewish belief.” Since the BBC welcomes competition from Al-Jazeera’s English news service, we thought it appropriate to compare the two. How does the BBC describe the Jewish connection to the holy site?
Israeli policy is that Jerusalem will never be divided. The Temple Mount is revered by Jews as the site of the first and second Biblical temples.
