Israel reportedly implements severe restrictions on Jews on Temple Mount (update)

Israeli media are reporting  that Israel is implementing a plan to severely limit the number of Jews who can visit the Temple Mount, while imposing no such restrictions on non-Jewish tourists or Muslims.

According to the story, Jews who want to visit their holiest site must register head of time with Israeli authorities. Only two sets of Jews are allowed to visit - a limit of 45 in one morning group and 15 in an afternoon group, so no more than 60 can visit on any day.

Notices of the new policy were posted at the Rambam (Moroccan) gate that non-Muslims use.

The official reason being given is that this is to maintain the security of Jews visiting the Temple Mount.

This is as blatant anti-Jewish discrimination as one can imagine. And it is being done by Israel.

Under these rules, I would not have been able to create my video tour of the Temple Mount, where I was able to ascend with a group of only three Jews and we had freedom to (generally) go at our own pace.

By contrast, 25,000 Muslims visited the Temple Mount last Friday.

Muslims are seeing the plan as a plot to eventually ban Muslims from the area during those two times.

Here is video of Jews "storming" the Temple Mount yesterday to "provoke the feelings" of Muslims who are harassing them.

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UPDATE: Israeli authorities deny that there will be any limits on the amount of Jews who can visit.:

לא תהיה הגבלה מראש על מספר המבקרים בהר הבית.המשטרה תעשה כל שביכולתה כדי לאפשר כניסה ולאבטח כמה שיותר מבקרים במהלך שעות הפתיחה של ההר.

— גלעד ארדן (@giladerdan1) November 23, 2015

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