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This is a bold moment--we invoke FAIR USE of this SCREENSHOT of msnbc LIVE
Share in good faith only! President Obama is informal with the troops after his speech. Yes, i believe that is Rahm Emanuel also in the picture. The moment is captured by the troops using digital cameras. We really are One World, but we remain proud and dedicated Americans, and to quote the President: "God Bless the United States Armed Forces and God bless the United States of America."
The BBC video, Jerusalem, 16 MARCH 2010:
David and Goliath are in full spring display in this proxy of the passion play. Well played by all, only yesterday.
The rocky redux is filmed by BBC in Old Jerusalem, near a site set apart by Israel as an historic place of worship, known as the Hurva Synagogue.
Palestinians from the vicinity are seen to be actively engaged in throwing rocks at Israeli police who appear to be measured in their response, using riot control charges in the the near proximity of the protesters. The video demonstrates riot control with the assist of police dog, and dispersal of rioters by these methods. We see the apparent detention or removal of one or more protesters, which appears orderly.
The latest dispute has erupted over this historic site in Old Jerusalem, established as a place of worship since 1721 and still known as the Hurva synagogue. Destroyed twice, it became known affectionately by Jews as the Ashkenazim word for "heap" because the site lay in rubble for one hundred and forty years from the late 18th until the early 19th Century.
Indeed, the first temple on this particular site, at least as recorded in modern times, lay in a heap for more than a hundred years until European Jews rebuilt it in 1864. Jordon took it out the second time during military action in 1948. The site was regained by Israel in military action in 1967, and was marked by a commemorative arch in 1977 while discussion continued for many years about the restoration of the site with another synagogue.
This is the third historic temple on the site, known to Jews since the Second Century, and is not to be confused with the Temple and Wall at the site of the Dome of the Rock. The Hurva Synagogue reconstruction has been in progress actively for over ten years, since 2000.
The official opening of the site along with Israel's separate and unrelated announcement of plans to allow more Israelis to have licenses to build on the disputed West Bank led to today's clashes. The Palestinian people consider East Jerusalem to be their particular habitat and would assert governance over all of it. Plans for the United States envoy, George Mitchell, to visit in a continued series of discussions towards peace, have been slowed for now.
Yet for all the symbolism, here we are again to assert orthodox and secular must coexist and the recognition of religious sites will continue to define functional boundaries, and should be accepted as part of our shared cultural landscape.
We would wish for our children to share a world where it is customary to be polite and to have respect, born out of familiarity and respect for boundaries and differences--and yet not to be isolated by separateness.
In this neighborhood shown on the video, throwing rocks is just tough love. Please see the BBC's video of the temple site exchange in Old Jerusalem video. ..new.
BBC News - Hillary Clinton affirms US support for Israel after row: "Hurva synagogue"
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