Infuriating

Haaretz is reporting that the plan to build a new bridge to the Mugrabi Gate Entrance to the Temple Mount has been suspended. It was extremely frustrating to watch the news coverage of paranoid Jew -haters throwing Molotov cocktails, concocting ridiculous stories of Zionist treachery with no proof, and the media's usual "unbias" reporting where it failed to mention that the allegation and the violent reactions had no merit.

When did we all get such thin skins? I'm so tired of Muslim over reaction and the West compliance to it. I'm so sick of it I can't even write a coherent post. Here's a better take on the matter

Numerous smaller incidents of Western self-censorship with respect Muslim sensibilities abound, while Christian and Jewish societies continue to subject themselves and their religions to withering criticism, parody, and self-doubt.

Violence and bullying, in other words, has worked. The more violent the Muslim world becomes, the more likely the West is to see the side of the "offended" party and question its own actions....

What is Israel doing that has sparked such violent threats? Some years ago, the pedestrian ramp leading up to Jerusalem's Temple Mount fell apart. Now municipal authorities plan to build a permanent ramp to maintain access to this holy site, and are conducting, as required by law, an archaeological salvage dig to make sure no artifacts are destroyed in the process.

All of this is completely outside the Temple Mount platform, and bears no relation or threat to that structure, let alone to the Aksa mosque. Why would Israel dream of undermining the Temple Mount, which is Judaism's holiest site? The claim that Israel is doing so is patently absurd, as anyone familiar with the area can immediately see.

Read the whole thing. (via Jewlicious)

Update: They (Israeli Housing Ministry) changed their minds. :)