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The 1990 Temple Mount killings, or Al Aqsa Massacre, [1] [2] [3] took place in the Al-Aqsa compound on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem at 10:30 am on Monday, 8 October 1990 before Zuhr prayer during the third year of the First Intifada.
The Temple Mount (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת, romanized: Har haBayīt, lit. 'Temple Mount'), also known as The Noble Sanctuary (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, 'Haram al-Sharif'), al-Aqsa Mosque compound, or simply al-Aqsa (/ æ l ˈ æ k s ə /; The Furthest Mosque المسجد الأقصى, al-Masjid al-Aqṣā), [2] and sometimes as Jerusalem's holy esplanade, [3] [4] is a hill in the ...
BBC Newswatch is a weekly BBC television programme presented by Samira Ahmed that provides a viewer and listener right-of-reply for BBC News. [1] The programme was originally made in studio TC7 at BBC Television Centre , however in January 2013, the programme moved to New Broadcasting House in central London.
He was Tuvia Grossman of Chicago, an American studying at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem, not an unidentified Palestinian. In some copies the caption also included the news agency's erroneous reference to the site. The incident occurred in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem, not on the Temple Mount or elsewhere in the Old City.
On 27 July, Israel removed the new security measures from the Mount, which led to the Waqf telling Muslims they could return to pray inside the compound. [8] 113 Palestinians were reportedly injured in clashes with police after thousands of Muslims returned to pray at Temple Mount. [9] Within an 11-day period, eleven people had died due to the ...
The committee has alleged that the Jerusalem Waqf attempted to remove archaeological evidence that a Jewish temple ever stood at the Temple Mount by opening a mosque at Solomon's Stables in 1999. To monitor the Waqf's construction at the site in the early 2000s, the committee hired aircraft to take aerial photos and monitor for construction ...
The Temple Mount is the holiest place on earth for Jews, a place where God manifested, and where the First and Second Temple stood. The mount, in Jewish mystical belief, is also the beginning and the end of the world. In contrast, the Muslims view the site as holy and are apprehensive regarding a possible Jewish takeover.
A view of Temple Mount from south side Israeli Police guard an entrance to the Temple Mount Throughout history, and in the present day, there have been various restrictions on entering the Temple Mount (known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa ), which is a holy place for Muslims , Jews , and Christians .