Eli Lake, Columnist

Terror at the Temple Mount Puts the Lie to Palestinian Rage

Fatah and Hamas say Israel is the threat to a sacred Muslim mosque, yet Arab gunmen defiled it.

July 18, 2017 at 6:59 PM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

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For years, the most delicate dispute in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been the status of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Al Aqsa Mosque sits on the spot from which Muslims believe Mohammed ascended to heaven. At its base are the remains of the outer wall of the second Jewish Temple.

This is why Friday's terror attack on this sacred ground is so important.