Long before the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa Mosque, the Jewish Temple dominated Jerusalem’s skyline. And a new photo book confirms it.
One 0f the cornerstones of the Palestinian narrative is that the Jews have no real history in the Land of Israel, and in particular on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. They use this lie to foment unrest by claiming the “Zionist occupiers” are trying to “Judaize” what has only ever been a Muslim holy site.
Those who believe the Bible is accurate know this to be a bald-faced lie.
And many older Muslim sources likewise acknowledge the Temple Mount was the location of the temples built or expanded by King Solomon, Nehemiah and Herod the Great.
A pamphlet for tourists published in 1924 by the Supreme Muslim Council openly states:“This site is one of the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates from the earliest (perhaps from pre-historic) times. Its identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple is beyond dispute” (emphasis added).
And now a new photo book titled “The Noble Sanctuary” is saying the same.
Recently published, the photo book is the work of Jordanian photographer Bashar Tabah and American archaeologist Dr. Robert Schick, who spent three years photographing and researching the holy site.
Noble Sanctuary (al-Haram al-Sharif) is what Muslims call the Temple Mount, and this pivotal work was blessed by both the Waqf (Islamic Trust) the Jordanian royal family, which helped Tabah gain access to otherwise off-limits sections of the sacred plateau and the many tunnels and caves beneath it.
Given the involvement of the Waqf and its Jordanian overseers, who routinely echo the Palestinian lie that Jews have no right to be on the Temple Mount, Israeli media was surprised to find that the new photo book does make mention of the historical Jewish temples that once stood there.
