Police during the night of motzei Shabbos arrived at a number of homes to make arrests to prevent Har Habayis activists from bringing a Korban Pesach ahead of Yomtov. Attorney Itamar Ben-Givir decried the actions of police, who he accuses of preventing Freedom of Worship, which is a blow to the democratic character of the nation, adding in this case, persons were arrests simply for wishing to fulfill a mitzvah in the Torah.
A police spokesman released a statement to the media explaining the department will not permit “Jewish or Arab extremists” from disturbing the peace and they are standing ready to act as required from preventing such activities from occurring. The statement adds that in this case, persons were arrested after the courts issues orders distancing persons from Har Habayis and Jerusalem’s Old City when clearly, they planned to create a disturbance.
Five minors were arrested and at the time of this report, one of them, 14-years-old, refused to sign an order agreeing to distance himself from the Old City and Har Habayis.
Gedolei Yisrael over the generations and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel prohibit visiting Har Habayis
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Yeshiva world sounds foolish
“Gedolei Yisrael over the generations and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel prohibit visiting Har Habayis” – that is not the issue over here. According to most poskim, the issur of כניסה בטומאה would be waivered to accommodate the Hakravas HaKorbon.
Many, many poskim permit the Korbon Pesach to be brought Bizman Hazeh, only prohibiting it because of Pikuach Nefesh.
I support them
This is not just a question of a few zealots who want to engage in some obscure and harmless mitzvah but rather an action that would have broad national security implications for the entire tzibur. There is a high likelihood of bloodshed if they were allowed to proceed with something that is assur according to most gadolim. This is not some existential issue but a truly held belief among a very small portion of the klal that must sadly be prohibited given the current national security status.