Temple Mount closed
Hmmm, I guess it isn't surprising:
The largely expected police decision to shut the Mount to Jews and Christians on the fast day came just two days after the the High Court of Justice ruled that members of the Temple Mount Faithful - with the exception of the group's leader, Gershon Salomon - could enter the site on Tisha Be'av if it is open to visitors.The decision to shut the Mount to visitors, which was made by Jerusalem police chief Cmdr. Ilan Franco, followed an amalgamation of intelligence information that thousands of Muslims were planning to flock to the site to "protect" it from Jews who were planning to visit on Tisha Be'av at the urging of "extremist" Jewish groups, Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said.
Hmmm, so let me understand this. Going forward, to block Jews from doing something, all that needs to be done is cry out that one is afraid of the Jews, make a call for your supporters to show up to "protect" against the Jews, and the Jews will block their own? Wow, what a great victory.
