Tel Aviv, Israel - Israeli Arrested for Vowing Attack at Muslim Shrine

Tel Aviv, Israel - An Israeli Jew has been arrested for threatening to carry out an attack at a major Muslim shrine in Jerusalem and could face criminal charges.

The suspect, described in reports as a rabbi in his early 50s, was been taken into custody on after making the threat about al-Aqsa mosque at a Tel Aviv hotel, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. "He was overheard at the hotel and, under interrogation, repeated his threat to carry out an attack at the Temple Mount," Rosenfeld said, using the Jewish term for the al-Aqsa plaza, which is known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif.
Rosenfeld said the suspect would appear at Tel Aviv magistrates' court on and police were seeking a criminal indictment against him.

The mosque, located in Arab East Jerusalem, has been a frequent flashpoint during decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it is Islam's third holiest shrine. Jews revere the site as the last vestige of two ancient temples.