Tensions over the Israeli decision to put metal detectors and other security equipment on a Jerusalem site holy to both Jews and Muslims exploded into deadly clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in the city and the West Bank on Friday in the worst outbreak of violence there in recent years. As simmering outrage…
Jewish activists who want to rebuild the holy temple in Jerusalem are hosting a provocative Passover sacrifice in an archaeological park adjacent to the Temple Mount this year, Haaretz reported. The ceremony at the Davidson Center will likely be met with opposition from the Islamic Waqf which controls the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as…
Three members of the Islamic Waqf, the Jordanian body that oversees the Temple Mount, will likely stand trial for allegedly attacking a group of archaeologists at the site. The Israel Police have gathered enough evidence to bring the men to trial for a confrontation that took place on July 27, when the archaeologists were touring…
JERUSALEM — The grand mufti of Jerusalem has condemned the agreement approved by Israel’s Cabinet to establish an egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall. The area next to the Western Wall is “the property of the Islamic Waqf that was taken by the Israeli occupation in 1967,” Sheik Muhammad Hussien said in a statement…
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