Source: WorldNetDaily
Mar 13, 2007
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is secretly buying up all the property around Jerusalem's Temple Mount and is seeking control of the summit of the adjacent Mount of Olives.
According to "Palestinian" Muslim sources, the Jordanian government is making the purchases through shell companies to mask its own involvement.
That news coincides with last month's appointment of a new manager of the Islamic trust that administers the Temple Mount. The new head of the Waqf, Sheikh Azzam Khateeb, is said to be loyal to the Jordanian monarchy.
Jordan previously controlled eastern Jerusalem and the Temple Mount from 1948 to 1967, when those areas were liberated by Israel.
Many Jews and Christians saw the liberation as a fulfillment of biblical prophecy necessary to pave the way for the rebuilding of Israel's temple to the Almighty and the coming of Messiah.
Likewise, Jordan's efforts to reverse that fulfillment and reestablish Islamic hegemony is seen as an attempt to thwart God's plans.