Post by Daniel on Aug 11, 2015 8:29:36 GMT -5
Exclusive: Muslims harass Congressmen visiting Temple Mount
By LAHAV HARKOV \08/11/2015
A group of Muslim men harassed and stalked a delegation of US Congressmen visiting the Temple Mount Tuesday.
“There was an effort to completely suppress not only any expression of religious conviction, but any articulation of historical reality,” Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), co-chairman of the Israel Allies Foundation’s Congressional caucus recounted, saying the harassment “shows the fundamental dynamics of the greater contention throughout the Middle East.”
Franks, Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV) and his wife Elizabeth Jenkins, are members of a delegation organized by the Israel Allies Foundation, an umbrella organization supporting 33 parliamentary caucuses around the world that mobilize political support for Israel based on Judeo-Christian values.
As part of the delegation’s trip to the Middle East, the group took a tour of the Temple Mount that was constantly interrupted by shouting, first by Arab men in the plaza and then by Waqf staff.
“We walked up there,” Rothfus recounted, “and were almost immediately approached by several men who started shouting. We were tracked the entire time we were there and found these individuals surprisingly intolerant and belligerent.”
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When asked if he felt his freedom of expression was violated, Rothfus said “certainly.”
“We weren’t doing anything religious. We were learning the history of the Temple Mount,” he stated.
Rothfus plans to share his experience, and said of the harassers: “Maybe the folks who were behaving like this might want to do some self-examination. They really are not presenting themselves as very good ambassadors for their cause.”
The purpose of the delegation’s trip to the Middle East is “to gain a better perspective of the opposition to the Iranian nuclear deal and the increased cooperation between Israel and its Arab neighbors against shared threats from jihadist groups,” Kimball said. The group traveled to Egypt before Israel, where the Congressmen met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after its trip to the Temple Mount.
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www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Exclusive-Muslims-harass-Congressmen-visiting-Temple-Mount-411782
By LAHAV HARKOV \08/11/2015
A group of Muslim men harassed and stalked a delegation of US Congressmen visiting the Temple Mount Tuesday.
“There was an effort to completely suppress not only any expression of religious conviction, but any articulation of historical reality,” Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), co-chairman of the Israel Allies Foundation’s Congressional caucus recounted, saying the harassment “shows the fundamental dynamics of the greater contention throughout the Middle East.”
Franks, Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-PA), Rep. Evan Jenkins (R-WV) and his wife Elizabeth Jenkins, are members of a delegation organized by the Israel Allies Foundation, an umbrella organization supporting 33 parliamentary caucuses around the world that mobilize political support for Israel based on Judeo-Christian values.
As part of the delegation’s trip to the Middle East, the group took a tour of the Temple Mount that was constantly interrupted by shouting, first by Arab men in the plaza and then by Waqf staff.
“We walked up there,” Rothfus recounted, “and were almost immediately approached by several men who started shouting. We were tracked the entire time we were there and found these individuals surprisingly intolerant and belligerent.”
...
When asked if he felt his freedom of expression was violated, Rothfus said “certainly.”
“We weren’t doing anything religious. We were learning the history of the Temple Mount,” he stated.
Rothfus plans to share his experience, and said of the harassers: “Maybe the folks who were behaving like this might want to do some self-examination. They really are not presenting themselves as very good ambassadors for their cause.”
The purpose of the delegation’s trip to the Middle East is “to gain a better perspective of the opposition to the Iranian nuclear deal and the increased cooperation between Israel and its Arab neighbors against shared threats from jihadist groups,” Kimball said. The group traveled to Egypt before Israel, where the Congressmen met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after its trip to the Temple Mount.
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www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Exclusive-Muslims-harass-Congressmen-visiting-Temple-Mount-411782
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