MercuryNews.com | 10/16/2004 | Ramadan begins in peace with 90,000 at sacred siteThus, the much-feared collapse of the Temple Mount did not happen after all. Apprently the Waqf agreed at the last minute to cordon off the weakest areas of the site.

Many commentators will no doubt make much of the "compromise" that the Israeli Police and the Waqf managed to reach this week. But some day, something drastic will happen to the Temple Mount site. When it does, the talk will be, not of peace, but of war.