Video - Muslim Waqf Blocked Harper entrance to 'Temple mount' ‘because of Jewish Bodyguards’.

Muslim Waqf Blocked Harper entrance to 'Temple mount' ‘because of Jewish Bodyguards’.HT: IsraelMatzav. (INN).

Stockwell Day, Canada's former Minister of Public Safety, and member of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's delegation which is currently visiting Israel, personally visited the Temple Mount on Sunday, January 19, where he was greeted by angry Waqf officials and hostile Muslims seeking to prematurely end his visit.

Stockwell Day, wearing a light and dark blue windbreaker, can be seen in the early seconds of the video clip, on the left side of the picture, and again at the conclusion of the video, standing on the steps leading to the area of the Dome of the Rock, where the Holy Temple once stood.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper himself had planned an official visit to the Temple Mount, but had to cancel the plan in the face of strident Waqf opposition to the presence of Jewish security personal set to accompany the Prime Minister.

The Muslim Waqf reportedly vetoed Canadian PM’s planned tour of the Temple Mount, because some of his guards are Jews.

Members of Harper’s entourage had made a preliminary tour of the Mount Sunday morning. The Waqf’s announcement that it would not allow the Jewish bodyguards in was made at the last moment, supposedly because the Waqf did not know earlier that some of the guards were Jewish.

Harper would not enter the Mount without the bodyguards and the visit was cancelled, according to a press statement by B’nai Brith Canada.

“It is a shame that the Prime Minister’s visit to the Kotel was marred after he learned that his security detail would not be allowed in to the Dome of the Rock because they are Jewish,” said Frank Dimant, CEO, B’nai Brith Canada. 

“B’nai Brith delegations have also faced moments of discrimination and harassment on previous missions. We have raised this issue with Canada’s Office of Religious Freedom. Equal access must be given to Jewish worshipers wishing to ascend the Temple Mount. 

This incident serves as a stark reminder of the religious discrimination going on at the hands of the Islamic Waqf responsible for administering the site.”Hmmm...As Carl says: You can bet that if Israel gives up 'control' of the Old City, there won't be any Jews allowed in. More here.