The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so far, has both historical and contemporary roots. In recent weeks, tension ...

Amman, Jan. 30 (Petra)-- Tens of thousands of worshipers performed Friday prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, amidst stringent ...

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the Old City of Jerusalem, in this screengrab from a video obtained by ...

STORY: Worshippers were performing dawn prayers on the last Friday prayers of Ramadan at al-Aqsa, regarded by Muslims as Islam's third holiest site. The Israeli police unit said in a statement that ...

JERUSALEM — At 7 a.m. every weekday, the large green doors of the mosque at the Al-Aqsa compound, usually wide open, close with a bang as Palestinian worshippers shutter themselves inside. Israeli ...

In the latest in a series of provocations, Itamar Ben-Gvir agreed that a new synagogue should be built at the site, which Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims know as the Aqsa Mosque complex. By ...

Aug. 24 (UPI) --Hamas has issued a call to Muslims in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem to make their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and flood it with prayer amid calls from Israeli settlers to ...

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Hundreds of settlers stormed Al Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.The Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA), citing local sources, said that 524 ...

Thousands of illegal Israeli colonizers, including Knesset members, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, on Sunday, in a serious escalation. In response, several world leaders and ...

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