Google Maps calls second holiest Jewish spot by its usurped Muslim name

I looked up the Maarat HaMachpelah, Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs in Google Maps.  Here's what it found: Muslims have been usurping Jewish holy sites from the beginnings of Islam. But there is no reason for Google to go along with it. Let's them call it the Ibrahim Mosque in Arabic, but it is an insult to Jews to make that the default name. UPDATE...

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More Muslims are visiting Al Aqsa on a typical Friday under Jewish rule than ever visited under Muslim rule in history

It's Friday, which means that tens of thousands of Muslims will be visiting the Temple Mount as they do every Friday. Here is what it looked like one Friday in October, when 50,000 Muslims visited to pray..Muslim media typically reports 40,000-50,000 visiting every Friday. Even during COVID there were tens of thousands visiting every week when it was open.As far as I...

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Should Jews stay away from the Cave of the Patriarchs to avoid "conflict"?

Media outlets like Haaretz and the New York Times warn about how dangerous it is for Jews to pray in the holist Jewish site, the Temple Mount, that was claimed as an Islamic holy sites over a millennium later. Their argument is that such prayer is lighting a fuse for a global jihad by Muslims. Jewish religious rights, according to these "experts," are not nearly as important...

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Israel set to build elevator for all to access to Tomb of the Patriarchs, Palestinians claim it is only for Jews

The planned additions Palestinian site Safa reports that Israel's attorney general Avichai Mendelblit recently approved a plan use land next to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron to build an elevator and ramps to help access "for the Jewish disabled" to the holy place. Even though they are quoting Arutz-7, the original report makes clear that the elevator is meant for...

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