An Israeli Jewish couple marries surreptitiously at the Temple Mount, in violation of Israeli-imposed rules governing the flashpoint site that forbid Jewish religious rituals.
In footage released today and broadcast on Channel 2, Tom Nisani, chair of the Students Group for the Temple Mount, is shown walking alongside his fiancé at the site, accompanied by the usual police escort for Israeli visitors.
With confidants filming on their cellphones, he then pulls out a ring, announces his fiancé is “consecrated unto me” in the formula required by Jewish tradition, and places the ring on her finger.
He explains to the camera that the couple had married at the holiest place for the Jewish people.
Police say Nisani will be investigated for violating regulations at the site, and may be placed on a no-go list.
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