Ghost of a flea

Sporadic incidents have been reported near the Old City (in the Wadi Joz quarter), in the northern suburb (in the Issawie quarter and in the Shuafat refugee camp) and in the quarter of Ras el-Amud, south east of the Temple Mount. Calm however reigns at the Temple Mount and also in the nearby Jewish quarter of the Old City, where the "Hurva" synagogue was opened with a solemn ceremony yesterday. It was in fact following the opening of this splendid synagogue that topographically rises above the Temple Mount that the 'Day of Rage' was announced, as explained by a leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Kamal Khatib. He said that there is the fear that this event could herald a Jewish attempt to create a permanent presence at the Temple Mount.