On Friday, three Palestinian terrorists opened fire on the holiest site in Judaism, the Temple Mount.

They were shot dead by police, but not before murdering two Drew's police officers, one of whom

has a three-week old child. One of the terrorists reportedly played dead as an emergency medic

tried to help him, then tried to stab the medic before he was shot. Naturally, the media's

headlines were insanely vague. Here's the AP, quote, Two Israeli policemen killed in shooting near Jerusalem's shrine.

The BBC, quote, Israelis injured in gun attack near Jerusalem holy site.

Al Jazeera, breaking, at least three Palestinians killed in shooting in Jerusalem's old city.

Getty images.

Israeli policemen killed three Palestinians in Alaksa Mosque.

All of this is in keeping with the mainstream

media's dedication to imposing moral equivalence where none exists. Holy sites in Israel are routinely

under assault not from Jews, but from Palestinians. Palestinians have burned Joseph's tomb multiple

times. They've spent years destroying archaeological evidence of Jewish presence on the Temple

Mount itself. Whenever Palestinians attack Jews,

the official response from the supposedly peaceful Palestinian Authority is to continue funding

terrorism, then offer a vague statement about stopping violence on all sides. Meanwhile, the Israeli

government has already announced that will maintain current policy on the Temple Mount,

which favors Muslims to such an extent that Jews are not even allowed to mouth silent prayers

on the Temple Mount, again, the holiest site in Judaism. In cities like Bethlehem, the number of Christians

has dropped from 50% of the population to 12%, and terrorism is still a serious threat. In 2002,

Palestinian terrorists actually use the Church of the Nativity as a safe haven. All of this is demonstrative of the fact

that Israeli control of holy sites is the only way to preserve their free and open access,

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