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Apr 10, 2024 · Palestinian women pray outside the Dome of the Rock in East Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on April 3. Samar Hazboun for NPR. JERUSALEM — At 7 a.m. every weekday,...
May 18, 2022 · By MEE staff. Published date: 18 May 2022 17:57 BST | Last update: 2 years 6 days ago. The leader of an Israeli far-right group called for the demolition of the Dome of the Rock Mosque in...
Jan 16, 2021 · Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine. Israel settlers call for demolition of Dome of the Rock, official says. January 16, 2021 at 1:20 pm. Dome of the Rock mosque near the Al-Aqsa...
- What Happened in Al-Aqsa compound?
- Why Would Armed Security Forces Enter A Mosque?
- Has This Happened before?
- Why Are Palestinians Fearful About Al-Aqsa’s Future?
- Why Do Jews Want to Enter Al-Aqsa compound?
Before dawn on Wednesday, Israeli police stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, attacking dozens of worshippers in the Qibli Mosque. Israeli police, who claimed they were responding to “rioting”, beat worshippers with batons and used tear gas and sound bombs to force them out of the prayer halls, according to witnesses. Vid...
Israeli police said in a statement that they were forced to enter the compound after “masked agitators” locked themselves inside the mosque with fireworks, sticks and stones. “When the police entered, stones were thrown at them and fireworks were fired from inside the mosque by a large group of agitators,” the statement said, adding that a police o...
In recent years, the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound has been an annual flashpoint during Ramadan. Last year, more than 300 Palestinians were arrested and at least 170 wounded as Israeli forces launched incursions at the compound during the holy month. This followed deadly violence in the occupied West Bank in late March, in which 36 people were killed. In...
The Al-Aqsa compound sits on a plateau in East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and later annexed in a move not recognised by most in the international community. For Muslims, the compound hosts Islam’s third-holiest site, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Dome of the Rock, a seventh-century structure believed to be where the Prophet ...
In recent years, large groups of nationalist Jews have regularly visited the site with police escorts, something the Palestinians view as a provocation. Earlier this week, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir encouraged Jews to visit the site to mark the upcoming Passover holiday, which coincides with the Islamic holy month...
Jun 21, 2009 · JUNE 21, 2009 23:47. temple mount dome of the rock 248 88 ap. (photo credit: AP) A new Jewish interfaith initiative launched last week argues building the Third Jewish Temple in Jerusalem...
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Jan 5, 2023 · Updated October 7, 2023 at 8:16 p.m. EDT | Published January 5, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. EST. Palestinian demonstrators near the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of...
Mar 12, 2024 · NBC News verified the videos using geolocation. Israeli authorities did not respond to a request for comment on the incident. The Dome of the Rock shrine in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound...
