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The claim that no Jewish temple ever existed in Jerusalem and that Jews have no rights whatsoever on the Temple Mount is part of the "temple denial" doctrine that has been increasingly internalized in Palestinian academic, religious, and political
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The Right is caught up now with a damned if you do, damned if you don’t kind of choice. To form a government,
Netanyahu has no choice but to rely on the support of the Islamic party
Ra’am. But such a choice would not only require the consent of his potential right-wing allies, it would also contradict his remarks about the possibility of leaning on Ra’am, given as late as March 24, in which the prime minister stated that “I will neither propose nor rely on anything.”
However, given that head of Ra’am,
Mansour Abbas, said that his party is considering supporting a right-wing government, it makes sense to assume that Netanyahu has behind the scenes encouraged such a consideration. Netanyahu isn’t the only one who may have to swallow this frog if the right-wing bloc wants to form the next government. And swallowing this frog is indeed difficult, considering that just a week ago former Ra’am lawmaker