>> the temple mount. when i say the temple mount, it's called mt. mariah.t was flattened and that's where the second temple was built and then remodeled. >> the first temple being solomon. >> solomon. >> and then that temple destroyed and the second temple built about 400 years later? >> yes. and this was the center for jews. they would bring their sacrifices and the pilgrimage festival and passover and this was the heart of jewish national and religious life. now, the temple mount, also known as mt. mariah, is about 35 acres in size and had a retaining wall. in fact, it still has a retaining wall going all the way around it. that famous wall right there next to >>> western >> wishes and dreams the temple of mount itself. why is the western world becomes a nag -- magnet for jewish destruction? >> it was intact. those are roman-style stones the other reason is this. the center of the temple was holy of holies. it isn't inside of the holy of holies only visited by high priests once per year. we call a foundation stone, is regarded by jews as a place where cre

>> the temple mount. when i say the temple mount, it's called mt. mariah. it was flattened and that's where the second temple was built and then remodeled. >> the first temple being solomon. >> solomon. >> and then that temple destroyed and the second temple built about 400 years later? >> yes. and this was the center for jews. they would bring their sacrifices and the pilgrimage festival and passover and this was the heart of jewish national and religious life. now, the temple mount, also known as mt. mariah, is about 35 acres in size and had a retaining wall. in fact, it still has a retaining wall going all the way around it. that famous wall right there next to >>> western >> wishes and dreams the temple of mount itself. why is the western world becomes a nag -- magnet for jewish destruction? >> it was intact. those are roman-style stones the other reason is this. the center of the temple was holy of holies. it isn't inside of the holy of holies only visited by high priests once per year. we call a foundation stone, is regarded by jews as a place where c

>> the temple mount. when i say the temple mount, it's called mt. mariah.t was flattened and that's where the second temple was built and then remodeled. >> the first temple being solomon. >> solomon. >> and then that temple destroyed and the second temple built about 400 years later? >> yes. and this was the center for jews. they would bring their sacrifices and the pilgrimage festival and passover and this was the heart of jewish national and religious life. now, the temple mount, also known as mt. mariah, is about 35 acres in size and had a retaining wall. in fact, it still has a retaining wall going all the way around it. that famous wall right there next to >>> western >> wishes and dreams the temple of mount itself. why is the western world becomes a nag -- magnet for jewish destruction? >> it was intact. those are roman-style stones the other reason is this. the center of the temple was holy of holies. it isn't inside of the holy of holies only visited by high priests once per year. we call a foundation stone, is regarded by jews as a place where cre

>> this morning there were already disturbances at 8:00 in the morning as the temple mount was opened> stone were thrown at police officers. they responded here ahead of time and prepared and pushed back the rioters. as stone were being thrown, a molotov cocktail was thrown, petrol ones. >> on and off for the past few years, the israeli police have banned some muslims from praying here, islam's third holiest site. resentment of this policy and other policies has resulted in many clashes in the past. >> there were clear indications there were going to be disturbances on temple mount and an age limit was implemented. women, of course, of all ages but those security measures are critic to make sure t tension is kept and doesn't overflow. >> the two attacks yesterday in jerusalem have officials concerned that the events down south in gaza have opened up a new front here. a palestinian killed an israeli by toppling a bus and an unknown gunman shot an israeli soldier. >> hopefully after tomorrow, based on the security assessments, things will be back to normal. we'll have less security meas

her all of what is the temple mount. they are. going to let you talk about them to the bodies but they all thought that is built from up to. friendly face is and it's this is probably else race meeting deal. it's like they knew. at that point because we're all getting really tired and. hopeful sign. this all the queer stratosphere oh everybody all in the. fun yes you know cheer normal kid. who will say well it's the whole point. yeah you're right ok we're definitely back in the real world look at all the ghetto stuff now going to the beautiful landscape when nearing the jungle would just hold the first time we've been on the street for a while now and the one thing that i really wanted was the cold beverage i mean on the entire train there was give us water being always give us some tea and i'd just wanted something cold so if we stopped it's been my mission to chide have time to. fix it. lots of. really expensive so this is worth every single penny that i just spend in every running around and it's been the best out of the moment

i want to make sure -- you mentioned the temple mounts. i want to make sure that everyone knows that israel respects the status quo on the temple mount. we know the traditional rule of the kingdom of jordan and we are not about to change it. >> cnn in the front row. >> that was israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying hamas must be held accountable, saying that israel has abided by cease-fires and that hamas actually rejected the july 15th cease-fire and saying that everything could have been avoided had that not been the case, calling for the world to respond to them. we're going to keep listening to that and come back to you if there's news out of that. >>> here's other stories at the top of the hour. a two-star major general was killed yesterday. the body of harold greene will be flown to the u.s. >> they believe the army, as well as afghanistan and america, has lost a true hero today. he really believed in what he was doing over there. >> we're learning more about that insider attack that left the general dead and nearly 20 oth

double security and operations in gaza a rise in attacks in jerusalem and riots in jerusalem and temple mount, is there a concern in perhaps in the cities? >> thank you. we started dealing with the tunnels. first of all we were going to deal with the threats by gaza by military means or diplomatic means, one of the two or both. we began dealing with the first tunnel before the egyptian initiative. i don't know if you are aware of it, but we had information about an impending attack from one terror tunnel and we took action before we had the air attacks on our, before we had the air attacks on gaza and in response to the attack. if we could have dealt with the tunnels and an immediately ceasefire and both sides raise topics and security mentioned. when we said security, we meant we would bring up the question of the tunnels and could we deal with it through nonmilitary means and that is preferable. as it turned out hamas rejected it. we had to deal with it with military means and we addressed the tunnels, by going in. that first tunnel was struck from the air. we didn't know if it achieve the

to make sure everyone understands we respect and will continue to respect the status quo on the temple mount. we know there are arrangements there including the role of jordan and we will not change it. >> cnn in the front row. >> prime minister, for cnn. first of all, the idea of who suffered the largest casualties yet of any palestinian/israeli conflict, we understand 61 soldiers killed, 3 civilians. we've seen more than 1,800 people killed in gaza. 900 or almost 1,000 of which are civilians, estimated. do you really feel that your actions, israel's actions, were proportionate, and were you using the appropriate precision weapons? even if hamas is using them as human shields. and the second question -- >> no, no, please, can i ask one question -- no one will be able to ask if you do two. >> why don't you let me answer that, then you can ask the second question. first of all, the answer to both your questions is yes. i think it was justified. i think it was proportional. and that doesn't in any way take away from the deep regret we have for the loss of a single civilian. we've gone to extra

after seven days on the mount they walked for 12 hours again in to syria back in to northern iraq. they are stale in a school in a nearby town. inside the templets in the sill to be ask for peace for the gentleman read is and he said to give things that god gave him run last chance to visit here. >>> the u.n. secretary general says he has raised the issue you of three detained al jazerra journalists with the egyptian president, ban ki-moon emphasized the importance of feed freedom speech and insuring safety i and security of journalists. they have now spent 246 days in an egyptian prison falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. in june, mohamed fahmy and peter agreesster were given seven years, mohamed got an extra exta three years because he had a spent bullet in his possession which he picked up at a protest. lawyers in the three men have filed appeals against their convictions, al jazerra don't demands their immediate release. >>> china's leaders are meet to go decide the political future of hong kong. hong kong wants a free election, a standing committee of china's parliament and the national people's congress is expecte