Israeli police closed the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem to the public on Friday, as regional tensions escalated following an ...

“Israel is acting to maintain the status quo and calm the situation on the Temple Mount. Muslim worshippers in the Al Aqsa Mosque are asserting that the Islamic extremists who barricaded ...

Hamas leaders said the surprise attack, which led to Israel’s deadliest day in at least 75 years, was retribution for recent violence at the al-Aqsa Mosque ... as the Temple Mount and to Muslims ...

Muslim clerics state that Al-Aqsa Mosque includes the entire area of the Temple Mount, and also that the area around the mosque - meaning the entire Land of Israel - is Islamic holy land.

According to the preeminent Torah commentator Rashi (1040 — 1105 CE) — in exegesis of Berashit/Genesis 28:17 — the Temple Mount is a ... the iconic Masjid al-Aqsa was built by the Arab ...

April 5 (Reuters) - A Israeli police raid on Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa ... built in the 8th century AD. The compound overlooks the Western Wall, a sacred place of prayer for Jews, for whom the Temple ...

JERUSALEM — At 7 a.m. every weekday, the large green doors of the mosque at the Al-Aqsa ... fear the same will happen at Al-Aqsa. "Goldstein was a Temple Mount activist, and the connection ...

The Jewish King Solomon built the First Temple of the Jews at the site. Muslims also term the Temple Mount the Haram al-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, where the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock ...

Hamas rails against the Israeli security establishment’s recommendation to restrict Muslim prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque during ...

Among Muslims, the Temple Mount is called Haram al-Sharif ... magnificent Dome of the Rock—which was built during the same period as the Al-Aqsa Mosque to the south, between A.D. 685 and ...