Israeli Jewish couple marries on Temple Mount despite ban on rituals

[Mosby]

An Israeli couple married on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem despite rules prohibiting Jews from carrying out religious rituals at Judaism’s holiest site.

Tom Nisani and Sara Lurcat wed Thursday in a rushed ceremony at the site where the First and Second Temples once stood.

Jews are forbidden from praying at the site, which is home to the Muslim Dome of the Rock shrine and a flashpoint for conflict between Jews and Muslims.

http://www.jta.org/2017/06/30/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/israeli-jewish-couple-marries-on-temple-mount-despite-ban-on-rituals

Nothing on ma'an yet about this.

[Me.]

1. Are They Deliberately Stirring Up Conflict

or simply arrogant

[Mosby]

2. I think they are two Jews who don't care about religious politics.

[Me.]

3. I'm Not Sure You Can Live There

and not be aware and the fact that it was a rush job says to me they probably were

[TomSlick]

4. Sounds like a political statement by a third-temple believer

[link:http://www.vosizneias.com/273711/2017/06/30/jerusalem-israeli-jewish-couple-marries-on-temple-mount-despite-ban-on-rituals/|

[Mosby]

5. A third temple isn't political

Where this gets political is the influence Arab Muslim governments have on the Temple Mount in Israel. Jordan, KSA, Turkey and the rest support a policy where Jews and Christians cannot pray on this 27 acre site in Israel, insisting that only muslims can pray near a mosque built 800 years ago on top of the Jewish Temple ruins.

This kind of religious bigotry on the part the Islamic Waqf needs to be challenged.

[EllieBC]

6. +1000 nt