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Al-Aqsa Intifada: Temple Mount
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The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades emerged on the scene soon after the break of the current intifada (uprising) on Sept. 30, 2000. Like the uprising, usually referred to as the al-Aqsa intifada, the organization derives its name from the al-Aqsa mosque, located on top of the disputed holy site in Jerusalem called by Jews the Temple Mount and by Muslims the Holy Sanctuary. A visit by then Likud Party leader and current Israeli Prime-Minister Ariel Sharon to the site sparked the ongoing violence in the area.
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Clearly, the evidence is overwhelming that the "Al-Aqsa" Intifada was not a "spontaneous uprising" in response to Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount. Rather, it was a strategy designed to gain by violence what could not be won at the negotiating table. While in this writer's opinion Sharon's visit was ill-advised and poorly timed, he had the right to make that visit and he respectfully kept his distance from the mosques. The nearly five years of terror that have elapsed cannot be blamed on Ariel Sharon.
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On September 27, Sgt. David Biri was killed; some Israeli sources view this as the start of the Intifada. Others view Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount/Al-Haram Al-Sharif mosque on September 28 as the initiating event. Finally, others believe it started a day later, due to the introduction of police and military presence the day following Sharon's visit, the day of prayers.
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