It has already been legal for a long time for Jews to pray on Har Habayit. The courts have decided that and supported it for many years. The problem preventing it was that the courts deemed it legal while at the same time laying the responsibility at the feet of the Israel Police - the court said it is legal but at the discretion of the police, as safety issues are involved.
the police took that discretion and turned it into a blanket ban on Jewish prayer on Har Habayit, claiming public safety issues, with the Arabs threatening to riot. Instead of dealing with the threats or assumed threats of violence, they took the easier route and banned Jewish prayer.
In Yehuda Glick's lawsuit against the police, in which he was awarded half a million shekels yesterday, the courts changed their position on this matter. According to a report in Srugim, the courts basically took the issue away from the discretion of the police and said the police have to figure out how to make it happen.
Maybe now if the police keep their hands to themselves and stop raping women they'll have the time and focus to deal with the threats of violence on Har Habayit and not take the easy way out...
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