THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
24 Friday, March 19, 1976
New Group to Aid
Children of Israel
Court Decision on Temple Mount Worshippers,
West Bank Settlement Sparks Youths to Riot
inside fired in the air to
frighten them off, hitting
three. Security sources said
the passengers in the car
were being investigated.
The incident was the lat-
est in the escalation' of vio-
lence in East Jerusalem and
the West Bank where Arab
youths have been demon-
strating for the past two
weeks against Jewish pray-
ers at the Temple Mount
and Jewish settlement on
the West Bank.
Police used tear gas
Wednesday against 400
East Jerusalem Arab
youths who massed on the
Temple Mount and later
rampaged through the Old
City stoning passers-by
and setting fire to rubber
tires. Demonstrations also
occurred in Jericho where
one high school was closed
because of violence and in
Hebron were rioting stu-
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Three Arab youngsters
were wounded by Israeli sol-
diers in a private car that
was being stoned by Arab
youths on the Jerusalem-
Jericho Road Wednesday.
The incident occurred
near Azaria Village on the
West Bank. The youths
were said to have swarmed
over the car trying to over-
turn it when the soldiers
Changed Lebanon
TUNIS (ZINS) — West
European diplomats, ana-
lyzing the truce agreement
reached in Lebanon, say the
truce "pact" provides for a
reduction in the Christian
parliamentary majority of 5
percent (from 55 to 50).
However, this 5 percent
reduction erases the parlia-
mentary majority enjoyed
by the Christians until now.
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dents attacked several res-
idents of the Jewish sub-
urb of Kiryat Arba.
The Hebron demonstra-
tors burned tires and threw
rocks at security forces but
no serious injuries were re-
ported in those clashes.
A 24-hour curfew im-
posed on Ramallah Monday
remained in force. Another
West Bank Arab village,
Chalchul, was put under
curfew Wednesday.
West Bank unrest spread
to Jerusalem Tuesday
where police had to use tear-
gas to disperse stone-throw-
ing youngsters. •
Defense Minister Shimon
Peres toured the area Tues-
day and met with local lead-
ers later ih his Tel Aviv of-
fice — including the mayor
of Nablus, Haj Mazouz Al-
Masri, who has resigned,
together with his council, to
protest the court decision
freeing Jews who prayed at
the Temple Mount in Janu-
ary, and at the continued
settlement at Kadum Camp
nearby.
Peres told the West
Bank leaders, "To assure
that law and order prevail
in their towns." He cau-
tioned that the Israel De-
fense Force would take the
required measures and
would not hesitate to act
vigorously in the face of
any disturbances of public
order.
Peres also stressed to the
mayors that the Israeli au-
thorities firmly intend to
hold the elections required
by law to take place in the
-West Bank municipalities
•
May 12.
The demonstrations in
East Jerusalem and the
West Bank were the direct
consequence of a decision
handed down by the Jerusa-
lem Magistrate's Court ac-
quiting eight Jews charged
with disturbing public order
by praying on the Temple
Mount. The court ruling in
effect challenged the status
quo on the Mount which was
established back in June
1967 and has been in force
ever since. •
A few days after Israel
took East Jerusalem in the
Six-Day War, Defense Min-
ister Moshe Dayan arranged
with local Moslem leaders
that Israeli security forces
would guard the walls sur-
rounding the site while the
Moslem leaders would be
free to administer the area
of the Temple Mount itself,
including the two famous
mosques: the Dome of the
Rock and El Alasa.
Visitors — including
Jews — would, however,
have free access to the site,
Dayan stressed. In order
to ensure this, the key . of
the Mugrabi Gate, one of
the main entrances to the
Temple Mount was taken
from the Moslem notables
and kept by the Israeli
authorities.
Dayan's arrangement
was later approved by the
whole Cabinet. It left the
administration of the site it-
self in the hands of the Mos-
lems, but deprived them of
exclusive control and as-
sured the Jews free access.
The Dayan arrangement
specifically forbade Jews
from praying on the Temple
Mount.
(Halakha — Jewish Law
— forbids Jews from pray-
ing on the Temple Mount,
and the Israeli Chief Rabbi-
nate has specifically banned
such prayer.)
While the arrangement
was by and large accepted
among Jews, a number of
rightist nationalists formed
an organization named "The
National Circles" in 1968
and challenged the proce-
dure in court.
Five senior justices of
the Israeli Supreme Court
heard the case. The var-
ious proceedings lasted
almost two years.
Eventually, the Supreme
Court held unanimously
that while the Temple
Mount was a holy place for
Jews as well as for Moslems,
and while the site had cer-
tainly been a place of prayer
for Jews in ancient times,
nevertheless the govern-
ment had been entitled to
introduce its arrangement
regarding the management
of the site, including the in-
struction to the police to
prevent Jews from praying
there.
However, a tiny national-
ist group has continued pe-
riodically to attempt to pray
on the Temple Mount. On
May 8, 1975, eight young
memberS of this group,
while ostensibly touring the
site, began to pray. whey
were almost through with
their praying when an eld-
erly Moslem noticed them
and summoned his friends.
A crowd of Moslems soon
gathered and altercations
broke out. The policemen on
duty on the Temple Mount
were called in to stop the
clash. They detained the
young Jews, who were sub-
sequently brought to court.
Magistrate Ruth Or, in
her verdiet issued Jan. 28,
held that the instructions
given to the policemen —
to prevent Jews from pray-
ing on the Mount — were
illegal, in that the law es
tablishes the basic right of
all believers to pray at
their holy places.
The magistrate criticized
the Minister of Religious
Affairs for not having estab-
lished a praying procedure
for both Jews and Moslems
at the Temple Mount.
The government had in-
troduced such arrange-
ments for the common use
of the Machpelah Cave in
Hebron by Mosleins and
Jews, the magistrate noted,
but had refrained from
doing so on the Temple
Mount.
The State Attorney has
appealed the ruling to Dis-
trict Court and the police
continue to bar would-be
Jewish worshippers from
the Mount.
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LOS ANGELES — The
newly-formed Israel Chil-
dren's Foundation, a non-
profit charitable organiza-
tion, will begin an interna-
tional effort to aid the chil,
dren of Israel, according to
president and founder San-
der Spero.
The foundation's motto,
"The Children of Israd, the
Future of Israel," ill be
spread around the world
according to Spero There
are currently administra-
tive offices in Sherman
OakspCalif., and executive
offices in Jerusalem.
Among projects already .
underway are: neighbor-
hood social redevelopment,
a national children's thea-
ter, assistance to the indi-
gent families of Jerusalem,
educational scholarships
and educational equipment
for schools in poverty areas.
For information, . contact
the ICF office, 15300 Ven-
tura, No. 414, Sherman
Oaks, Calif. 91403.
HAIFA — Vital questions
in modern biology and on
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