The acquaint in interest was unfilled by NPR's new (as of June 2009) Jerusalem organization be foremost, Lourdes Garcia-Navarro. NPR's site has both the hearing and passage of the story. For usefulness (and in wrap the passage is taking into consideration idealistic), indoors is the full script of the story:
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It has been a searing week in Jerusalem. Thousands of Israeli standardize have possession of been deployed in and approximately the Old Built-up. That's at the rear a variety of days of clashes with Muslim land of east Jerusalem and Israeli guarantee armed. Today, Israeli standardize arrested a rector accused of provocative the assault.
From Jerusalem, NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro gossip.
Unidentified Man #1: (Mysterious expression spoken)
Unidentified Man #2: (Mysterious expression spoken)
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO: Just outside the al-Aqsa Mosque construct significant to Jews as the Temple Bluff, approximately a dozen Israeli policemen stood monitor this afternoon, making self-confident that no men under the age of 50 entered - confines that had been put in place such as of the behind schedule concern.
Unidentified Children: (Chanting) (Dialogue funny expression)
GARCIA-NAVARRO: A group of children stray by the policemen chanting: With our underlying and our blood we will lose all to you, al-Aqsa. One throws a gemstone, and thus they all run down a cobblestone lane. The tensions are touchy-feely indoors. For the past 10 days acquaint with have possession of been numerous confrontations that have possession of resulted in arrests and injuries.
Palestinians command East Jerusalem as the funds of their well along statement. Israel annexed it at the rear the 1967 war, a move that has not been conventional by the transnational community. The put on now centers approximately the mosque construct, which stands on a roomy stone stand up that was subsequently the site of an ancient Jewish temple.
The spokesman of the al-Aqsa Mosque, Akramah Sabri, says that the behind schedule concern was kicked off by doubts that hypocrite pioneer groups will be certified in union the organize Jewish dancing in the streets of Sukkot. He says that at least amount 400 Palestinians are holed up happening the mosque.
Mr. AKRAMAH SABRI (Spokeswoman, Al-Aqsa Mosque): (In a straight line Translator) They are acquaint with to shelter the holy sustain. They are not plunder action v the Israelis. We are provision them with cooking and nibble at what time they catch forty winks at the site.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: For its part, Israel alleges that the assault is part of a matched row led by Muslim extremists in both the West Get up and Israel's Arab community. Micky Rosenfeld is the Israeli standardize agent.
Mr. MICKY ROSENFELD (Spokesman, Israel Order): We can see that there's positively invite going on both from within happening East Jerusalem, as well as from leaders from the north.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: This dusk, one of the men Israel accuses of encouragement disruption was seized. Raed Salah, head of the northern offshoot of Israel's Islamic Clash, was diligent happening confidence. He has been arrested numerous times beforehand. NPR spoke with him beforehand his bring together at a constricted pergola fairly outside the stockade of the Old Built-up, where he was holding rendezvous.
Mr. RAED SALAH (Israel Islamic Clash): (In a straight line Translator) My statement is young to Israel. Deputize back the sustain to its permissible owners. I very expression on Palestinians who are skillful to come out to the holy sustain to come and persist acquaint with to protect it from these Jewish aggressors. They prerequisite come and pray whenever they can in order to plain their image and power.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: The Minute Palestinian Intifada, or revolt, was triggered in 2000 at the rear a go to regularly to the al-Aqsa Mosque by previous Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Salah supposed he does not dash out another revolt.
Mr. SALAH: (In a straight line Translator) They are Judaizing the whole of Jerusalem. They are spiraling it happening a Jewish discrete dazed from its real profile as a sustain that represents Muslims worldwide.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Press on in the Old Built-up, Samir Shaludi(ph), who owns a slight grocery store, says he expects aloof stomping ground.
Mr. SAMIR SHALUDI: (Dialogue funny expression)
GARCIA-NAVARRO: I adjudicator it will understand, he says. They won't live, and we won't live. Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, NPR Facts, Jerusalem.
Did you find any twist in that story? Well, let's go back and carry on a afar faster sensible at Garcia-Navarro's acquaint. Untimely, let's sensible at Garcia-Navarro's very young statement:
Just outside the al-Aqsa Mosque construct significant to Jews as the Temple Bluff...
The twist indoors is fair, but confer. By referring to the environs in interest as the al-Aqsa Mosque and thus noting that Jews have possession of a out of the ordinary name, Garcia-Navarro is principally recounting viewers that the Muslim name for the site is amend at what time the Jewish name is at best neighborhood to Jews or perhaps even patchy. This has the effect of legitimizing Muslim claims to the site and delegitimizing opposing Jewish claims. Personage how afar less opinionated (and aloof target) the acquaint would have possession of begun had Garcia-Navarro harshly said:
Just outside the site significant to Muslims as the al-Aqsa Mosque and Jews as the Temple Bluff...
A not enough word change provides surplus in place of fair twist.
Garcia-Navarro thus mentions a group of children throwing a gemstone at Israeli standardize. Of course the image pretended up by this interpretation is of the decaying, bemused Palestinians -- children no less! -- kick angst-ridden by the big, bad Israeli hostile means. Of course, her interpretation fails to make plain to the listener that it is not fairly children throwing stones. Garcia-Navarro fails to recite that Israeli standardize found wheelbarrows full of rocks that had been smuggled happening the mosque construct, noticeably in passing for pre-planned riots. She fails to recite that Muslims threw stones at Regular Jews (civilians) the day beforehand. And Garcia-Navarro fails to make plain that in last riots, Muslims have possession of baffled stones from the mosque construct complete the Western Edge and down onto worshipping Jewish civilians. A interpretation of Muslims pre-planning riots where the may possibly ride rocks on Jewish parishioners indeed creates a out of the ordinary image than Garcia-Navarro's interpretation of a group of children throwing a gemstone.
The side press release in Garcia-Navarro's acquaint is the upper limit unsettling, by far:
Palestinians command East Jerusalem as the funds of their well along statement. Israel annexed it at the rear the 1967 war, a move that has not been conventional by the transnational community. The put on now centers approximately the mosque construct, which stands on a roomy stone stand up that was subsequently the site of an ancient Jewish temple.
At hand are a variety of items from this press release that value denigration. It is true that Palestinians command East Jerusalem as their capital; it is true that Israel annexed East Jerusalem far-reaching the Six Day War (in 1967); and it is true that upper limit of the transnational community has not conventional that annexation. Banish, Garcia-Navarro's shorthand interpretation does not give out all of the vital context for these facts. Short going happening a longing, pinched out history lesson, it is value noting that from 1948 until 1967, East Jerusalem was systematic by Jordan, not Palestinians. More to the point, clothed in that daytime, Jews were not certified to go to regularly the Temple Bluff or glorification at the Western (Sorrowful) Edge (aloof on that in a jiffy). In the same way as Israel gained rule complete East Jerusalem (in a defensive war), the desire may possibly have possession of been complete to carry on rule of the Temple Bluff (in a few the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Bluff) dazed from the Muslims; multitude on the far emphatically command a new Jewish Temple to be built on the site. But Israel suffer to allow the Muslim Waqf to support rule of the al-Aqsa Mosque and to allow Muslims to hem in to glorification acquaint with. If Israelis are so evil, why did they suffer to gobble up Muslim parishioners higher thus they themselves were treated by the Muslims with 1948 and 1967? Garcia-Navarro mentions none of this; nor does she retract viewers that the definite respect of Jerusalem and its holy sites is one of upper limit unsatisfactory issues to be negotiated as a part of a definite Israeli-Palestinian buy contract.
And once Garcia-Navarro mentions put on, is she sermon about the flagrant put on with Israelis and Palestinians or is she sermon about the aloof hasty rioting? So if she is referring to the flagrant put on, thus she is playing happening the Palestinian sermon place that Israel prerequisite not be certified to rule the Western Edge (in fact, some Palestinian leaders have possession of even argued that acquaint with is no archeological LP involving Judaism and Jews to Jerusalem).
And now read, subsequently again, the definite term of that manipulate part of Garcia-Navarro's acquaint. I've spare a bit of stress this time:
The put on now centers approximately the mosque construct, which stands on a roomy stone stand up that was In the same way as THE Zit OF "AN" Primordial JEWISH Temple.
Did you shade anything in that manipulate statement? According to Garcia-Navarro's acquaint, the al-Aqsa Mosque stands on the site of "AN" ancient Jewish temple. "An" ancient temple, as if it was one of multitude. In a acquaint aired on Monday on "Dawning Release" (but which is not up for grabs on NPR's website), very by Garcia-Navarro, she noted that the al-Aqsa Mosque is the third holiest site in Islam. Banish in neither that acquaint nor the one that I've reprinted higher, did Garcia-Navarro very recite that the Temple Bluff (in a few the Western Edge) is the "holiest" site (perhaps even the "austerely" holy site) to Jews! Yet in Garcia-Navarro's bent world, the Temple Bluff and Western Edge are mean from Judaism's holiest site to simply the site of "an" ancient temple (as if acquaint with were multitude...). In the role of Muslims pray, they point Mecca (the holiest site in Islam; they don't point the Al-Aqsa Mosque); by equivalence, once Jews pray they point Jerusalem and, in a few, the Temple Bluff. Yet with the simple use of the word "an" Garcia-Navarro accomplishments to forget about millennia of Jewish link to Jerusalem and to the ancient Temple.
So, let's hem in to sensible at Garcia-Navarro's report:
The spokesman of the al-Aqsa Mosque, Akramah Sabri, says that the behind schedule concern was kicked off by doubts that hypocrite pioneer groups will be certified in union the organize Jewish dancing in the streets of Sukkot.
Personage about what is kick supposed. Muslims are anxious that hypocrite pioneer groups "will be certified [to merge] the organize Jewish dancing in the streets of Sukkot". Oh, my. Jews possibly will be certified to worship? How may possibly that be endorsed. Jews possibly will be endorsed to glorification "at the holiest site in Judaism"? Gasp! We requirement stop such outrages. Conceivably we prerequisite riot! Ever so, adjudicator about it. That's what Garcia-Navarro and Mr. Sabri are saying, isn't it? And of course Garcia-Navarro comprehensively fails to recite that for the month of Ramadan, Israeli standardize took guarantee protection to be self-confident that Muslims "were" endorsed to glorification at the al-Aqsa Mosque. How difficult to deal with populate Israelis requirement be!
The rest of the acquaint principally contains aloof of the incredibly. Logically than hem in a relation line-by-line conversation, let me fairly flat out a few places of interest (or would populate be lowlights?). Untimely, I notify that Garcia-Navarro interviews or quotes three Muslims (Akramah Sabri, Raed Salah [one of the men Israel accuses of instigating the organize assault), and Samir Shaludi). In the company of them, they get bumpily 125 words in Garcia-Navarro's acquaint. On the Israeli form, one Israeli standardize lecturer is quoted and he gets a pond 25 words. And notify that Garcia-Navarro does not beg interpretation from Israeli civilians or Jewish parishioners. "Man in the mode" interviews are neighborhood to Muslims.
It is very value noting that Garcia-Navarro provides no context to the statements from the Muslims that she interviews. For example, Mr. Sabri claims that Muslims "are acquaint with [the al-Aqsa Mosque] to shelter the holy sustain". Yet Garcia-Navarro fails to notify that Jews, let associate Jewish "extremists," have possession of not tried to extort rule of the al-Aqsa Mosque from Muslims. Similarly, once Garcia-Navarro interviews Mr. Salah, she fails to notify that he is an "Israeli tenant", and not a Palestinian person of the West Get up or East Jerusalem. Believe the confidence of populate Israelis to bring together an Israeli tenant for not easy to inspire assault v Israel! More to the point, she does not goad Mr. Salah's plea:
Deputize back the sustain to its permissible owners. I very expression on Palestinians who are skillful to come out to the holy sustain to come and persist acquaint with to protect it from these Jewish aggressors.
If her problem was in a musical acquaint, Garcia-Navarro possibly will have possession of asked Mr. Salah what Jewish aggressors he was referring to. Or she possibly will have possession of noted, as mentioned former, that Israel has certified the Muslim Waqf to ceremony rule of the al-Aqsa Mosque. But a listener weakness a wide-ranging understanding of the history and issues involved, possibly will be led to cogitate that Israel had diligent the al-Aqsa Mosque from its "permissible owners" (and who possibly will populate be, anyway?) or that Jewish aggressors were, in fact, not easy to carry on rule of the Mosque.
In fact, Garcia-Navarro exacerbates the distress by not austerely damage to add this context, but by thus adopting and stating as "fact" the Palestinian rumor of the undertakings leading up to the Minute Intifada:
The Minute Palestinian Intifada, or revolt, was triggered in 2000 at the rear a go to regularly to the al-Aqsa Mosque by previous Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
That "enthuse" is generally claimed by Palestinians; all the same, facts don't ransack the fasten (for example, it appears that acquaint with was quite a bit of pre-planning that went happening the purportedly cold riots; add to that, the fact that the assault seems to have possession of been orchestrated by Yasser Arafat as a way to deflect thinking from his delay to plaza to a buy contract). Yet Garcia-Navarro uncritically repeats the fasten as fact, again making Israel sensible bad. And notify what "bad act" is supposed to have possession of caused the celebrated Minute Intifada: A go to regularly by Ariel Sharon (who was not at the time the Prime Minister). A pond "go to regularly"; not a "plunder rule of" or an "raid" or even a "demo" or "chitchat"; fairly a "go to regularly". In other words, we are biological to individual the Palestinian fasten that cold riots that lasted for living bankrupt out simply such as of a "go to regularly" by Ariel Sharon. But a conversation of the origins of the Minute Intifada and the beginning of Pallywood is preceding the extent of this post.
Conceivably the celebrated story is honorable summed up by the grocery store property-owner that Garcia-Navarro quotes at the determination of her report:
They are Judaizing the whole of Jerusalem. They are spiraling it happening a Jewish discrete dazed from its real profile as a sustain that represents Muslims worldwide.
In other words, Jews are not easy to turn Jerusalem, the very halfway point and conduit of Jewish life for millennia, longing beforehand the beginning of either Christ or Muhammad, happening whatever thing Jewish and stop it from kick a "sustain" for Muslims (stagnant that abovementioned to 1948 or even 1967 Jerusalem was principally unseen by Islam, stagnant that Islam's holiest sitting room are barrier in Saudi Arabia, and stagnant, that abovementioned to 1948, Jerusalem had a very serious Jewish commune).
In the role of it comes to disputes as tricky and unsatisfactory to solve as populate with Israel, the Palestinians, and the rest of the Arab and Muslim world, NPR does its viewers a enormous abuse by present-day opinionated, totally than musical, television journalism. What's more, by present-day opinionated television journalism of the sociable found in Garcia-Navarro's acquaint, NPR may be uplifting even aloof anti-Israel dealings or assault. That is not how a well-respected intelligence categorization prerequisite perform.
