Israel scrapped plans for the new pedestrian walkway at the Temple Mount’s Mughrabi Gate. The reason? Concern for possible damage to antiquities. Also, Israeli security foiled Hamas efforts to take over the Temple Mount. Is Hamas trying to keep up with the Jordanians?
Now that the chapter on Mughrabi Gate is closed, Israel’s critics will likely stir up noise in the media about the inauguration of a new road to the Western Wall to ease traffic congestion around Jerusalem’s Old City. After all, what passes for municipal development anywhere else becomes an international incident in Jerusalem.
