As wait for Quartet statement to renew talks Official PLO news agency terms
elevator in Jewish Quarter for handicapped access to Western Wall serious
challenge to the feelings of Muslims

The Arabic section of the official PLO news agency, WAFA, featured a photo
spread on 19/08/2010 Time: 15:02 of what appears to be preparations for
construction of the elevator in the Jewish Quarter for handicapped access to
Western Wall.

The project is taking place across the plaza from the Western Wall – far
away from the Temple Mount and the Al Aqsa Mosque.

Rather than claim that the construction somehow physically endangers the Al
Aqsa Mosque, the official PLO news agency simply argues in its caption that
the elevator is ” a serious challenge to the feelings of Muslims in
Ramadan…”
www1.wafa.ps/arabic/index.php?action=detail&id=83772

The claim by the official PLO news agency that there is a problem with
building an elevator for handicapped access from the Jewish Quarter because
it is ” a serious challenge to the feelings of Muslims in Ramadan” just as
the Quartet is slated to issue a statement that is to lead to the renewal of
direct negotiations serves as a clear warning to Israel that it would be
nothing less than foolhardy for Israel to agree to any arrangements that
might provide a Palestinian entity a say as to what transpires inside
Jerusalem.

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