You, and the person who agreed with you, are misinformed.
Since 1967, Jordan and Israel agreed that the
Jordanian Waqf, which I explained in my post previous to this, would have control over matters inside the compound, while Israel would control external security. "The Waqf is entirely controlled and funded by the
Jordanian government. It administers daily life on the Temple Mount, which includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Dome of the Rock, archaeological sites, museums and schools."
Amid Temple Mount tumult, the who, what and why of its Waqf rulers
Please give a citation to support your claim that Jordan has renounced the authority of its Waqf to control the Noble Sanctuary.
It's in your article. Jordan may contribute funds, but has no TITLE to the land. It's held by the Waqf. It was "donated".. Jordan provides no legal jurisdiction or security or ability to enforce the Waqf..
All other Jordanian claims to "occupied" land have been renounced. They will NOT lift a finger for the Palestinians. It's all bad blood now...
The trust is the
Jordanian Waqf not the Israeli Waqf or whatever Modern Hebrew the Israelis might invent for waqf in order to pretend that Jordan has no business expressing an opinion on the Noble Sanctuary.
It's not that Jordan has "no business" expressing an opinion on the Mount. It's that Jordan has no INTENTION of enforcing any of it or any interest in working with Palestinians not already incorporated into Jordan.
Best solution is for Israel to recognize (or be PRESSURED to recognize) the International nature of that Holy site to the world's top 3 religions. And to make a statement about coexistence by making it a safe place for ALL 3 religions to worship...
You may have missed it where Israel, from 1967 on, has had freedom of religion for everyone on the Mount.
Jordan was given management as an extension for peace. They did not need to do so, as it was the Hashemites who did not allow Jews or Christians to go visit their holy sites between 1948 and 1967.
It was agreed that all religions were allowed to visit, but Jews would not
be allowed to pray there.
Now, as we have seen for about a decade now, the Muslims are insisting that no Jew be allowed to visit the Temple Mount.
It is only for Muslims and Christians. Mostly for Muslims.
Facts do matter.
Well fine. Not disputing the facts. I'm proposing that BEST statement for Israel to make is freedom of worship for EVERYONE of the religions with a connection to the Holy Land. In accordance to the rules of visiting Israel and eligibility for entry.
It was DESIGNED as an easy place to secure. SECURE IT and open up the place for everyone.. If Christians and Jews have no problem with that and only Muslims want to be exclusive -- that's a problem for them. .
Israel not only has made that statement, it practices it every day, at the cost of Jews not being allowed to visit the Mount if Muslims start to riot.
The agreement with the Hashemites makes it a bit difficult to close the Temple to the Muslims.
Look at what happened with the metal detectors after the Muslim attack.
A Jordanian attacked a guard in Jordan and the Hashemites wanted to basically to use him as a hostage to make Israel take the detectors down. And they are still insisting that the guard be put on trial by Israel.
Israel has a treaty with Jordan and Egypt. There are too many Muslims in those countries who want to tear those treaties up.
The Jordanian king, preoccupied with all the other groups within Jordan who want to see him gone is sweetening them by showing them how "tough" he can be with Israel.
In actuality, if Israel let Jordan be by itself, instead of helping it with security, business, water, etc....it would just fall apart.
This is the Arab tribe which got kicked out of Arabia around WWI, the British ended up giving it 77 % of the mandate for Palestine to become the recreation of the Jewish homeland, and the same tribe which had no problem attacking Israel in 1948 and taking Judea, Samaria and the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem wanting to annex them, Jewish free.
If we understand this tribe's past, we will understand what they are doing in the present.
The same goes to all Arab tribes.
Now we have the UN, the EU, etc, etc, etc.
Israel is not counting on them, but more and more Arab countries are depending on Israel for things like security, or against Iran.
The Temple Mount and Jerusalem are being used as a stepping stone to taking all of Israel.
Israel will not allow it. But can only do so much considering the treaties it has signed with the Jordanians and the PA.
Israel keeps its word. The Arabs do not, as they have always done.
So, it remains to be seen what will happen in the future.
Abbas will not live forever. The next leader remains to be seen and what he will want to do, unless Hamas takes over Abbas' leader role in the Areas A and B of Judea and Samaria.
It should have been simple in 1967 but Dayan and others allowed the Hashemites to become an issue with the Temple Mount. And things got worse from there.
I would like to see the Hashemite influence gone, myself. But it is up to the Israeli government to know which is best in the long run as long as
the Muslims do not attempt to take over and keep the Jews out as they keep demanding.