Five
people were arrested for a confrontation on the Temple Mount on Tuesday morning
during Likud activist Moshe Feiglin’s monthly trip to Judaism’s holiest
site.Towards the end of Feiglin’s visit, a group of Muslims surrounded
the Jewish worshipers and started yelling “Alahu Akbar.” Related: Fundamentally Freund: Anti-Semitism on the Temple Mount Bill calls for Jewish prayer times on Temple MountPolice
immediately responded to the incident and separated the two groups. Upon
searching one of the Arabs they discovered he was carrying a concealed knife,
which is illegal on the Temple Mount. Police arrested three Arabs for disturbing
the peace, and one of them for also carrying an illegal weapon.Police
also arrested two Jews for praying, which is “in violation of the customs of the
site,” according to deputy police spokeswoman Shlomit Bajshi. Feiglin was
detained during the visit, though not arrested. Police also removed him from the
site.