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Is Israel blocking Catholics, Christians, and Muslims from their holiest sites in Jerusalem to protect their safety? Or is there something far darker unfolding? Perhaps a controlled demolition designed to erase centuries of shared history in order to clear the ground for a radical rewrite of the Holy Land.
It was reported this morning that Israeli police officers prevented two senior Roman Catholic leaders in Jerusalem from entering the Church of the Holy Supplr on Palm Sunday. The Alaska mosque, considered to be the third holiest site in Islam, which we'll talk about more in a second, has been closed since February, and they say that it's going to be closed up until at least midappril according to Israeli authorities.
So, what exactly is going on here? Israel says they've had to close off these holy sites due to the war with Iran. Others think this is probably a little bit of BS with the Italian Prime Minister George Maloney calling this move an offense to religious freedom. Right? They are using the war, mind you, that they started as an excuse to close off the religious sites of Christians and Muslims.
Now, interestingly, the Western Wall, which is a holy site for Jews, they say it is mostly closed because of safety issues, but they are letting people in 50 at a time to pray in an enclosed area adjacent to the plaza. It's small, but there's a little bit of a subtle difference here because for the Church of the Holy Sepilar and Alaska, those sites are not just closed to the public, but they're also banning and preventing the religious leaders such as cardinals and and people like that from entering. Whereas with the case of the western wall, there is looks to be some limited public access. Now, Israelis claim no mal intent, but some are saying otherwise.
>> But the basic components are one is the um creation of the state, the nation state of Israel, which happened in 1948 48. And then you you need to have um the building of the third temple which requires the destruction of the AXC mosque which is actually um which could happen during this war um given what we've seen so far. So the Israelis have closed off the AXC mosque um as well as other religious uh sites like of police uh separ um to tourists these past few days. Um there's rumors that for the past two years uh the Israelis have been conducting these archeological digs under the Isic mosque to uh basically uh destroy the foundations of the mosque so so that it they they can conduct a control demolition of the mosque and blame it on a missile strike from the Iranians. And there's actually talk um among Israelis of using this plan to ignite a war between the Arabs and uh the the the Persians. So the electric mosque need to be destroyed for the third temple.
>> So a couple things going on here which is one the belief by some Jewish and Christian evangelical fundamentalists that the Alaska mosque and the Dome of the Rock must be destroyed because they stand on the exact site where the first and second Jewish temples once stood and where they believe the third temple must be built in order to usher in the return of Jesus. And the second thing is the disturbing claim Professor Jen makes that these actions could already be underway, which full disclosure, they tell us that the notion that the Alaska mosque might be in danger is actually one of the most dangerous lies to emerge from within Palestinian society and that it is considered anti-semitic liel.
Now, that sounds pretty serious. So, I'm sure no Israeli leader, certainly no religious rabbi would ever suggest such a horrific and disturbing idea, right?
>> We don't know. Maybe one of the missiles will hit the mosque and clear the place for the third beta mikdash. That could also be a miracle if >> if it was up to me. The last time when they shot hundreds of missiles, I would pretend that one missile came from Iran and shoot it down, you know, then all the Arabs will go against Iran. It would be the end of the problems. You make them fight with each other, this bunch of lunatics.
>> Wow. I guess I stand corrected. So, I think it's reasonable for us to say, well, maybe there is something going on here. And with that, let's take a look at some of the on the ground coverage to see if there's any truth to this quote unquote anti-semitic conspiracy theory.
>> The Al Axa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site, has long been at the heart of tension in Jerusalem.
>> Since Israel occupied East Jerusalem in 1967, the area's Islamic and Christian holy sites have remained under Jordanian custodianship. But over the years, Israeli archaeological digs, especially beneath and around Al Axa, have intensified.
>> Tensions are already high. ultraationalist extremist Zionists. Among them, National Security Minister Etimar Bing Vir frequently stormed the compound under heavy police protection, deepening Palestinian fears that Israel is changing the status quo, stone by stone and tunnel by tunnel. I am inside a tunnel right beneath the Ala mosque compound where Israel continues to dig. Palestinians accuse Israel of constructing tunnels deep beneath the holy site, warning that this could weaken the foundations beneath the Alaka compound and it could cause parts of it to collapse.
>> They failed to find any trace or any evidence of a Jewish civilization and history. So they began to erase, obliterate and destroy the historical and cultural heritage of the area surrounding the Alexa Mosque. This is because all the existing artifacts are either Arab, Canonites, Islamic, Byzantine, or even Roman. Palestinian experts say the excavations are less about history and more about politics, aimed at erasing Jerusalem's Arab and Islamic identity and creating new facts on the ground. The first objective is the destruction of the historical civilization of Jerusalem which dates back 7,000 years and which the occupation is destroying with bulldozers. The second objective is a political one where the issue is used to garner rewards and the third objective is control establishing complete control of the blessed Alexa mosque. Amu says that digging has intensified since the start of Israel's assault on Gaza with little oversight or accountability. It was observed during the war period that these excavations proceeded at double speed with an unprecedented increase in arrogance and destruction. During the past two years of the war, heavy machinery was used and all these historical and archeological finds were smuggled, stolen, and transported to unknown destinations. Palestinians say Israel's actions are slowly changing the reality on the ground and that the growing pressure beneath the Ala compound could soon erupt above it.
So to sum that up, essentially what the conspiracy theorists are saying, the quote unquote conspiracy theorists are saying is that Israel has been doing these archaeological excavations underneath the Alaska mosque, sort of using that as a pretense to maybe structurally weaken the mosque itself. Now, is that true? I'm not 100% sure. I'm not an archaeologist nor an engineer, so I don't really know what's going on underneath the ground, but above ground, I can certainly use my eyes and see that these people are trying to sew maximum chaos. They want people to hate each other. They want people to fight. They want violence. I mean, look at this video. So this is from a number of years ago of Israelis throwing stones and shattering windows in a prayer hall within Alaska within the complex of Alaska mosque. So this definitely didn't start just on October 7th. This violence in fact it goes back decades and decades to 1967. This is right after I believe the 6- day war. Israel occupies East Jerusalem. They seize control of the mosque and there are reports that the tunnel works begin soon after. There's an arson attack in 1969 where a Zionist burned a historic mini bar. The mosque is severely damaged. There's more excavations in the 70s. And in 1983, there's a plot to blow up the mosque. Uh Jewish underground plans to demolish Alaska and build a third temple. 1996, Netanyahu opens the Western Wall Tunnel. 80 Palestinians are killed in protest. In the 2000s, there are these repeated skirmishes and raids and closures. A lot of people injured, a lot of people died. And then in the past couple of years, 2024 and 2025, engineers are now warning that the tunneling has caused major visible cracks that could be seen on the walls and the structure could potentially collapse.
So, right now, we are at a very dangerous inflection point where basically anything can happen. It could go a number of different directions. Essentially, Israel, everybody can see this, has become a state with no checks, no balances. They act with complete impunity. Like, I don't know how you can say it is anti-semitic blood liel to claim that Israel could do something like destroy the Alaska mosque when they've literally destroyed every single mosque and church in Gaza. Okay, maybe 80 to 90% of the churches there gone. And if you're a journalist on the ground in the region doing coverage critical of Israel, they murder you. The journalists pictured here are just two of the hundreds of journalists who have been killed by Israel. This is Fatima Fatuni and Ali Chio. They were killed in an Israeli air strike on Saturday, accused of being terrorists, quote unquote. And Israel's proof absolutely nothing. Three Lebanese journalists were killed, including Ali Shuer, who worked for the Hezbollah affiliated Almanor television network. The IDF accused Shu of operating as a member of Hezbollah's Rodwan forces and included a photo of him wearing a military uniform. When asked by Fox News about the source of the photo, the IDF responded, quote, "Unfortunately, there isn't really a picture of it. It was photoshopped." Unfortunately, there isn't really a picture of it. It was photoshopped and that is evidently justification enough for murdering somebody. What are we doing here, guys? I mean, the reality right now is that anyone who dares speak out about this issue or against what is going on right now bears some risk. And as we just saw, the risk could be losing your life. For me, hopefully it's not that. probably more my livelihood at stake because, you know, with every video that I distribute about these kinds of topics comes a massive risk of my channel being deleted. But to me, I think it is worth it because if we don't speak up now, I think we may never be able to speak up again.
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>> Iran is the greatest enemy of Israel. In the middle of the war, Iran didn't concentrate the Jewish people in concentration camps. Now they protect them. Why? Why? Why the media didn't bring out this point that Jewish people living in Iran now under the missiles they're living free. But the mainstream media under Zionist influence and they wants to brush everybody with anti-semitism and then they can say, "Oh, this is Nazis. This is anti-semitic." Haven't got nothing to do with anti-semitic.