June 28, 2007

The Temples on the Mount

On June 7, 1967 a troop of Israeli soldiers entered the Old City of Jerusalem. It was the third day of war. For the first time in nineteen years, Jews were standing before the Kotel, or Western Wall. Their victory was transmitted succinctly by radio: “Har ha-Bayt be-Yadenu”. “The Temple Mount is in our hands.”
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