JERUSALEM -- Police here decided today to ban a grassroots Jewish organization from bringing 10,000 Jews to the heavily restricted Temple Mount to spark Israeli dialogue about reclaiming the holy site from its Islamic custodians, while the city police department told WorldNetDaily the Israeli government would allow a similar group of Muslims.
''We will not let so many Jews up at once. This is not the usual habits on the Temple Mount. We have to ensure that every Jewish group is going up in safety and will go up quietly,'' Shmulik Ben Ruby, Jerusalem police spokesman, told WorldNetDaily.
Revava, a group with the stated mission of ''restoring self-esteem to the state of Israel by restoring national pride and values'' had planned to bring 10,000 Jews to the Temple Mount April 10.
Ben Ruby said the current police restrictions of only allowing small groups of about 30 to 50 non-Muslims to ascend the Temple Mount, the holiest site for Jews, will apply on the day of the scheduled gathering. The Jewish ascent, first reported by WorldNetDaily, would be the largest Jewish presence at the Temple Mount since the Ancient Temple period according to Revava.
But Ben Ruby said the Israeli police would allow a similar group of Muslims.
''We would and we do allow 10,000 Palestinians to go up," he said. "They are going up there to pray in their mosques.''
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