Modern day zealots envision new Jewish Temple in Jerusalem

[OneDay]

Modern day zealots envision new Jewish Temple in Jerusalem
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AFP - "No singing. No dancing. No praying. No animals," reads the curiously worded sign greeting visitors heading up the rickety wooden ramp to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.

For the non-Jewish visitor, it takes a few moments for the significance of the words to sink in.

But for Jews, who revere the site as the former location of the First and Second Temples, it is a bitter reminder of a harsh reality -- they are not allowed to worship at Judaism's holiest site.
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But for a growing number of Jewish zealots, the dream is to see a different skyline -- one dominated by the outline of a Third Jewish Temple.
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"Building is a process that is also physical, but to reach that phase one must pass through many stages," he says, referring to the Jewish principle that 'deeds lead the heart' -- if you get the people to come, the desire to act will follow.
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"We have no interest in Al-Aqsa, it is outside the limits of the Temple Mount," explains Fried, who says the Temple stood on the site now taken by the Dome of the Rock.

"We want the Temple where the Temple's place is, and Al-Aqsa can remain Al-Aqsa," he says.

"We're not here to provoke the Muslims, they don't interest us."

Religious groups claim that the number of Jews going up to the Temple Mount is growing, with a record number visiting the site last year.

But they do not provide figures, and they are far from sure when their ancient dream will be transformed into a reality.

"It will take a few more years," shrugs Fried.

"We're not working with stopwatches. But with God's help, I hope it will happen in this generation, in our time.