(Audio) Former Jerusalem police chief Aryeh Amit: If leadership had guts the
Temple Mount would be shared
Interviewed on IDF Radio 5 August 2013
[IMRA translation]
http://youtu.be/DrwoOwh9mXU
Program host Razi Barkai: With an area of 144 dunam, in contrast to the
very small area of the Western Wall Plaza, where it is be possible to make a
reasonable separation
between men and women, isn?t it possible to divide the area up there (Temple
Mount)?
Former Jerusalem police chief Aryeh Amit: Razi - if the situation was
normal and if the two sides ? both on the Arab side and the Israeli side ?
there was a leadership that was brave and serious, that can make decisions
and is prepared to engage in somewhat revolutionary thinking, then of course
it could be.
More than that. Above Solomon?s Stables ? where years ago a huge mosque was
built underground, it is possible to build a synagogue. But that would be
if the situation was normal and there was someone to talk to.
But when you have leaders on both sides who are timid - they don?t have the
guts to make any significant changes - they only want quiet so that they can
go to sleep and make sure that the day passed quietly - there's nothing to
talk about.
