Protests Against Sharon's Temple Mount "Paralysis"

The illegal destruction by Waqf officials on the Temple Mount has been renewed. Journalist Nadav Shragai reports that Islamic Jihad members are also taking part in the work, which continues to involve the sawing down of large boulders from the Second Temple period with the help of a giant electric saw. The Arabs have quietly renewed their project of cleaning out the water cisterns on the Mount, without Israeli approval or archaeological supervision. Cistern #5 is now in the process of being electrically pumped of its water and other objects. Yisrael Kaspi of the Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities explained the situation to Arutz-7 today:
"The large saw continues to cut, a tractor continues moving rocks and dirt and materials from place to place, and the main thing now is the cleaning of the cisterns, despite our warnings and demands. The Waqf workers are removing all sorts of materials without any supervision... We just now met again with government officials, and they agree that the desecration is very serious - yet we are left to continue voicing our protest against the paralysis that has overcome the Prime Minister and his refusal to do anything to stop the work there - he even refuses to meet with us, or even just to cut off all electricity that would prevent the large electric saw from working there..."

Photos of the illegal Temple Mount works may be seen at "www.har-habayt.org/newp.html".