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Jerusalem and the Temple Mount are the cornerstones of Jewish identity. No Israeli prime minister will ever be able to sign a document that gives up sovereignty of the Temple Mount to the Palestinians,


Ehud Barak

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ARIEL SHARON The Temple Mount is (the) only place under dispute,
EHUD BARAK The physical temple is a temple of deceit,but the heart temple is the only genuine temple.
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