New Israeli bill proposal to allow Jewish prayer on Temple Mount

Israeli lawmakers propose bipartisan bill to allow Jewish prayer on Temple Mount. "There is no reason that Jews should not be allowed to pray in the holiest site in the world," Miri Regev from Likud said on Saturday. Regev said she would not desist until that was achieved. "I firmly believe that each event of Muslim unrest on the Mount should lead to its closure to Arabs. The prime minister is not the only decider on the issue, and if the proposal does not pass I'll turn to the High Court for Justice in a public petition until Jews are allowed to pray with tallit and tefillin on the Temple Mount." Regev emphasized that the bill's aim was not unrealistic: "When we enforced Israeli law on the Golan Heights they said it would cause riots. But just like the sky doesn't come tumbling down when Jews pray in the Cave of the Patriarchs, they sky will not fall now." (Ynet News)