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Article: Court asks state for details on Temple Mount construction
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- Jerusalem Post
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- September 25, 1996
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Evelyn Gordon
Jerusalem Post
09-25-1996
THE High Court of Justice has ordered the state to give it more details of the Wakf's construction projects on the Temple Mount within a week, so it can determine whether the state is acting properly in not halting the building.
Justices Gavriel Bach, Mishael Cheshin and Zvi Tal were hearing a petition by the Temple Mount Faithful against illegal construction on the southern section of the mount. The Wakf never obtained a permit for this work, and the local affairs court recently issued an injunction ordering it halted. However, the petitioners charged that the police were refusing to enforce this order, for fear it would cause rioting among the ...