As it appeared in THE JERUSALEM POST
Friday, February 28, 2003

OCCUPIED TERRITORY
Sir, - CNN and other media networks speak almost daily about "occupied territories," yet fail to state clearly that the holiest occupied territory of all is the Temple Mount, where mosques were erected on the very ground of the Holy Temple of the Jewish people.

Out of respect to the people of Israel the mosques should be relocated in a peaceful and non-coercive manner. They had no business ever being built on this spot, which is and has been known by all peoples of all nations throughout history as the most holy and sacred place of the Jewish people.

Our people need not apologize for this, but should long ago have received an apology, first from those who twice destroyed our Holy Temple, then from those who wrongfully continue to occupy its holy site.

YOSEF COHEN
Holon