[Livia]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The violence comes as clashes have increased in frequency since Israeli security forces began to crack down on Palestinian worshippers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem last month.

Hamas' chief in Gaza on Friday called the spreading violence an Intifada, or uprising, and urged further unrest.

In a sermon for weekly Muslim prayers at a mosque in Gaza City, Ismail Haniya said: "We are calling for the strengthening and increasing of the Intifada."

"It is the only path that will lead to liberation," he said. "Gaza will fulfil its role in the Jerusalem Intifada and it is more than ready for confrontation."

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/1...031558627.html

So I think Israel step up security to combat terrorism, Hamas use the mosque/religion as an excuse "this is our holy muslim mosque yada yada you cant stop us going here to murmur under our breaths" and that gives them grievance to call for an Intifada and thus justifying their existence

and so it goes on

Jerusalem is hardly touched on in the Quran. Alternatively, Jerusalem, and Israel in general is the place Jews believe was given to them by God. It is our spiritual home and has been for thousands of years before Islam even existed. Many Muslims live and work quite peacefully in Israel, but they are the progressive Muslims, Muslims who don't want to drag the whole world back to the dark ages.

I think the reason there isn't more coverage in the press for Jewish deaths in Israel is that the general consensus is that they deserve it. Every day rockets are fired from Palestine into Israel, sometimes from the roofs of schools and hospitals but it's never in the press. If Israel didn't have an excellent anti-missile system there would be many more deaths.

The only way there is ever going to be peace in the area is for a meaningful dialogue to begin. I can't see that happening any time soon especially when Hamas believes al-Bukhari's Hadith: "The hour of judgement shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them, so that the Jews hide behind trees and stones, and each tree and stone will say: 'O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him'."