Jordanians slam Palestinian Authority for rejecting idea of security cameras at Temple Mount

[oberliner]

Jordanians on Tuesday criticized the Palestinian Authority for rejecting the idea of installing security cameras at the Temple Mount.

The Jordanians noted that the idea of installing the cameras was aimed at “protecting the Aksa Mosque by documenting what’s happening at the site.”

PA officials have over the past few days dismissed the idea, arguing that Israel would use the cameras to arrest Palestinians “under the pretext of incitement.”

PA Foreign Minister Riad Malki said earlier this week that the Israeli-Jordanian agreement to install the cameras, which was reached under the auspices of US Secretary of State John Kerry, was a “trap.”

http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Jordanians-slam-Palestinian-Authority-for-rejecting-idea-of-security-cameras-at-Temple-Mount-430207

[COLGATE4]

1. True heirs to Arafat - they never miss

an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

[geek tragedy]

2. Maybe John Boehner could take a crack at leading the PA. nt

[oberliner]

3. And Paul Ryan can be the Speaker of Knesset

The US is a model of reasonable governance for all the world to emulate!

[King_David]

6. He has the right wing credentials necessary

I think he would fit right in.

[azurnoir]

4. Palestinian leaders, Jewish activists reject cameras on Temple Mount

Netanyahu, he said, had promised King Abdullah of Jordan and Kerry that Muslims would be granted unrestricted access to Temple Mount ahead of the month of Ramadan last June, only to restrict the age of men eligible to enter to above 40 or 50.

However, Maliki demanded that any arrangements for the Temple Mount be enshrined in a UN Security Council resolution, rather than only verbal commitments by the Israeli prime minister.

The Coalition of Temple Organizations, an assembly of Jewish groups advocating for the right of Jews to pray on Temple Mount, issued an angry statement Sunday following Netanyahu’s announcement that Jews would not be allowed to pray at the site.

“The Prime Minister is not allowed to prevent Jews from praying on Temple Mount,” the announcement read. “Disturbing Jews from praying on Temple Mount contradicts the ‘Jerusalem as capital of Israel’ law as the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”

The group interpreted Kerry’s announcement of surveillance cameras as a capitulation to Jordanian demands, calling it “the handing over of elements of government sovereignty to a foreign power.”

http://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-leaders-jewish-activists-reject-cameras-on-temple-mount/

[oberliner]

5. Always odd to see the Palestinian Foreign Minister on the same side as fringe RW Jewish groups

Hopefully more reasonable voices will prevail.