Reply #27: Maybe some more detail [View All]

[Lithos]

It was Municipal police from Jerusalem who detained 7 suspects.
This makes quite a bit of sense, for while the Waqf controls the nominal administration of the Temple Mount, it is in an area which is NOT under any form of control by the PA, but rather Israeli civilian control. (Remember Israel "annexed" quite a bit of East Jerusalem following the '67 war, this area being part of it.). side note, I think this needs to be placed back up on the bargaining table. In the end, I think it most of it should end up under Israeli control following suitable and equitable provisions for the holy sites and other territorial adjustments favorable to the PA

Considering the non-overlap between the Israeli municpal jurisdiction and the PA, it is highly unlikely the PA would have been able to make the arrest or conduct anything more than a cursory investigation.

So to accuse the PA of being ineffective in this case is disingenuous.