There is a new Muslim campaign against the rebuilding of the Tiferet Yisrael synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, destroyed in 1948, that has been going on for many years now.
As we've seen in the past, the main objection is that it would, together with the Hurva, dominate the skyline of Jerusalem - and make the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa domes look less important.
Pride is everything.
From Safa news agency:
Deputy Director of the Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem, Najeh Bakirat, explains that the occupation authorities have conducted many excavations that have extended for many years in the depth of the targeted area to establish the "Jewel of Israel" synagogue in the Old City.Bakirat added, in an interview with Safa agency, that the occupation deliberately erected a tall and huge building to obscure the vision of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and it is built on land belonging to the Islamic Waqf.According to Bakirat, the occupation government and its municipality seek to create a biblical reality in Jerusalem, in order to reduce the Islamic presence in it, and change its true Arab narrative, as it spent millions of shekels to establish this synagogue.The aim of building the synagogue is, "to create Jewish sites in the heart of the Old City, and to plant domed buildings to prove the existence of an ancient civilization and history of the Jews in Jerusalem and to hide Islamic monuments and antiquities, so that this synagogue would be the second in terms of size and height in the Old City, after the synagogue of destruction (Hurva)," according to Bakirat. .He confirms that Israel's attempt to build additional synagogues aims to create Jewish holiness, obscure the vision of Al-Aqsa Mosque, close the horizon in front of it, and the public space in the holy city, as well as create a Jewish population in it.....The synagogue is topped by a dome that aims to distort and mislead, and to simulate the Dome of the Rock and the domes of Al-Aqsa.In turn, the Jerusalem Governorate warned of the seriousness of what Israel is doing in terms of falsifying the identity of the occupied Arab, Islamic and Christian city, and attempts to impose a new fait accompli on the mental image imprinted for thousands of years in the minds of Arab and international public opinion.And it warned that "this systematic Judaization of the mental image of Jerusalem is intended, through it, to change the stereotype with which it is known through its religious sanctity among Muslims and Christians, so that there will be a forged Jewish religious landmark, and it will be imposed in the minds of international public opinion."She pointed out that "Israel is carrying out a brainwashing process for foreign tourists and Jews to impose the Israeli narrative on their brains and minds and change their mental image of Jerusalem, with regard to its history and identity, through tourist guides affiliated with the Israeli Ministry of Tourism and what is distributed to them in terms of forged maps and publications that narrate their false narrative." .
The earliest domes known in Jerusalem go back to the Temple period and pre-date Islam by seven centuries.
This photo shows the Old City before 1948 with the two domes of Tiferet Yisrael and Hurva synagogues.
They were both built under Ottoman rule, so the Muslim rulers weren't very concerned about the skyline then.
Here are some photos of the top of the rebuilt Tiferet Yisrael under construction:
And, yes, because the Jewish Quarter is higher than the Temple Mount, its dome is taller than the Dome of the Rock.
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