Independence Day reception at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, June 30, 2011 Photo: wiki commons.

JPost – Using especially harsh language against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu characterized as “junk” Tuesday Abbas’ charges earlier this week that Israel was undermining the mosques on the Temple Mount.

Netanyahu, in a meeting with visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, said that Abbas’ comments were a “complete fabrication,” “libelous,” “potentially incendiary,” and something that could “start a religious war.”

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