Endnote 12 – The Temple Mount in Court

Protection of Holy Places Law, 5727–1967, L.S.I. (Laws of the State of Israel), vol. 21, p. 76. This law states: “1. The Holy Places shall be protected from desecration and any other violation and from anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings with regard to those places. 2. Whosoever desecrates or otherwise violates a Holy Place shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of seven years. Whoever does anything likely to violate the freedom of access of the members of the different religions to the places sacred to them or their feelings with regard to those places, shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of five years.”