Court OKs mosque at Temple Mount
by JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel's High Court of Justice ruled last week that a recently established mosque beneath the Temple Mount ca, However, a dissenting member of the three-justice panel recommended that the Israeli government reconsider allowing the mosque t
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Chief Justice Aharon Barak and Justice Yitzhak Zamir ruled that the two petitioners had not proved that the presence of Muslims praying under the Temple Mount harmed the feelings of Jews, who also consider the site holy.
Justice Eliezer Goldberg, who dissented, said Jewish sentiments could be hurt by the continued operation of the mosque.
The mosque, which opened in December, is located beneath the Temple Mount in the site known as Solomon's Stables.
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