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| Older photo of Jewish students at Temple Mount |
Every day from Sunday through Thursday, Jews peacefully visit the Temple Mount. And every one of those days, Arab media writes stories about it.
The usual template for these stories is "Settlers broke into/stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque today. They wandered through the courtyards and described the alleged Temple.They provoked worshipers there by attempting to perform Talmudic rituals."
The entire point of the stories is to incite hatred on behalf of Arabs against Jews.
But when these visits are routine, the stories get boring after a while.New ways to report Jews peacefully and respectfully touring the perimeter of their holiest spot are needed in order to continue to stoke anger. Just calling them "settlers" and that they are "storming" the area with "provocative tours" isn't enough.
A month ago, the new angle was that they were performing "silent Talmudic rituals." Which means they were standing silently, obviously a horrible crime.
The Palestinian Authority came up with a new twist this week. Since invoking "Talmudic rituals" has been so successful in instilling fear and anger among their people, now they are dividing up the visitors into two hated groups: "settlers" and "students from Talmudic schools."
From official PA news agency Wafa:
34 settlers, 45 students from Talmudic institutes, and 14 members of the Israeli occupation police stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque, through the door of the Moroccans, this morning, heavily guarded by the occupation forces.Claiming that the Jews are "from Talmudic institutes" is another way to incite hate and terror, because (outside of "settlers") nothing scares Palestinians more than Jews who actually act like Jews.
The attackers carried out exploratory tours in the mosque. Attempts to perform Talmudic rituals were met by worshipers with shouts of indignation, and the occupation forces arrested one of the worshipers after beating him.