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...angered conservative Jewish groups when they slapped down an attempt by Jerusalem's right-wing mayor, Ehud Olmert, to stop construction of a new emergency exit at the Al Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam that sits on top of the holiest site in Judaism, the Temple Mount. A perennial problem for the keepers of the city's peace is the fact that Jewish prophecy posits the rebuilding of Solomon's Temple as a precondition for the arrival of the Messiah, which would inevitably involve the destruction of Al Aqsa...
...could see the logic of adding additional exits and worshiping space in a mosque that draws tens of thousands of Muslims to prayer. More important, Barak deemed any attempt to stop the construction as likely to inflame tensions at a point when the city least needs them. The Temple Mount "is the most sensitive place in the world," says Israeli cabinet minister Haim Ramon. And December's combining of Hanukkah, Ramadan and the end of the millennium made it "the most sensitive month ever...
...primary concern for Israeli law enforcement is not as much accidental tragedy as man-made mayhem. In October, Israeli police deported 21 evangelical Christians who had taken up residence on the Mount of Olives - along the path Christ would take into the Old City, according to the prophecy of his Second Coming. Although they were generally regarded as a nonviolent group hoping to be among the first "raptured," Israel deported the believers - whose visas had expired - as "a threat to public order...
...Christians interpret biblical prophecies to mean that the Messiah's return must begin with an apocalyptic final conflict that begins in the Holy City. Israeli leaders are all too aware that anyone who wishes to provoke such a conflict need simply attack the Islamic holy sites on the Temple Mount...
Despite falling behind with time winding down, the talented UConn squad did not give up. The Huskies proceeded to mount a frenzied attack in an attempt to knot the game at one and send it to overtime...