WND: Will Rockefeller build 3rd Temple?
WND Exclusive FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU
Will Rockefeller build 3rd Temple?
Internet abuzz with report of biblical proportions
Posted: February 03, 2010
11:55 pm EasternBy Aaron Klein
Source: WorldNetDailyJERUSALEM – A Rockefeller is raising capital to rebuild the Jewish Temple, said the news release published on CNN Money's Internet site and other news sources.
The plan would include a united Jewish and Palestinian Arab state. A Jewish group promoting the rebuilding of the Temple was reported to be cooperating.
The story spread virally through the evangelical Christian blogosphere.
But it was all part of an elaborate hoax.
The release, filed with MarketWire and republished at CNNMoney.com, claims "Supriem David Rockefeller" is director of a company, Kinti Holdings group, which is working with a Jewish Temple organization to rebuild the Third Temple.
States the release: "Kinti Holdings will be raising funds to go towards building the Third Temple in Jerusalem in strict coordinance with The Temple Institute, Rabbi Hiam Richman and The Palestinian National Interest Committee (PNIC) and supporting Husam Bajis for President of Palestine."
Richman, international director of the Temple Institute, a Jewish Temple activist group, told WND the release is a "scam."
As for "Supriem David Rockefeller"? A spokesman for the Rockefeller Foundation told WND he doesn't exist.