A better offer, including sovereignty over the Haram, duly came in "the Clinton parameters".
He appears to be near but not inside the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount complex.
The Israelis have also offered some formulas on the question of sovereignty over the Haram.
More Jewish activists, among them politicians and ministers, are visiting the Haram to demand the right to pray.
More temple activists, among them politicians and ministers, are visiting the Haram to demand the right to pray.
In 2000 a misguided visit by Ariel Sharon (then an opposition politician) to the Haram sparked the second Palestinian uprising.
This would mean there would be no Israeli security checks between the Palestinian neighborhoods and the Haram.
What the Muslims call the Haram and what the Jews call the Temple Mount must be shared, with joint sovereignty.
The Clinton parameters envisaged Palestinian sovereignty on the Haram al-Sharif, where the mosques of Omar and al-Aqsa now stand.
Known to Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary, the compound now includes Al Aksa Mosque and the golden Dome of the Rock.
Israeli security measures, such as the routine exclusion of Muslims below the age of 50 from the Haram, are already changing the status quo.
