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          Al Aqsa Mosque

          Al Aqsa Mosque is part of a compound known as Al Haram Al Sharif by Muslims, which also includes the Dome of the Rock shrine, and is found in Jerusalem's Old City

          Palestinian demonstrators attempt to block the road ahead of Israeli police cars outside Lions' Gate, a main entrance to the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 22, 2017. AFP / Ahmad Gharabli

          Two Palestinians die in new clashes over Israeli measures at Al Aqsa

          July 23, 2017
          Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces outside Jerusalem's Old City on July 21, 2017.Ronen Zvulun / Reuters

          Three Palestinians killed in clashes over access to Al Aqsa compound

          July 21, 2017
          Israeli border police officers stand guard as Muslim men pray outside the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday. AP / Mahmoud Illean

          Islamic leaders boycott Jerusalem site over metal detectors

          July 17, 2017
          An Israeli border police officer asks to check the identity of a Palestinian man next to newly installed metal detectors at an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount to be reopened, in Jerusalem's Old City July 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

          Israel reopens Al Aqsa mosque, but Muslims refuse to enter

          July 16, 2017
          Palestinian activist Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences after being convicted by an Israeli court in May 2004 of five murders linked to the activities of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Jeremy Feldman / AP Photo

          Newsmaker: Marwan Barghouti

          April 20, 2017
          The minaret of a mosque and the Dome of the Rock (background) in a Palestinian neighbourhood of east Jerusalem's Old City. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP

          Bid to quieten Muslim call to prayer amplifies Israel tensions

          WorldNovember 22, 2016
          Israeli border police take cover during clashes with Palestinian youth at Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on June 28, 2016. Israeli police on Tuesday banned non-Muslims from the site, until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following repeated clashes with Palestinians. Mahmoud Illean/AP Photo

          Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem closed to non-Muslims after violence

          WorldJune 28, 2016
          Exhibitions: At the Seams: a Political History of Palestinian Embroidery

          Exhibitions: At the Seams: a Political History of Palestinian Embroidery

          June 16, 2016
          A man cleans blood stains from the floor where an Israeli was wounded in a Palestinian stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City October 7, 2015. An 18-year-old Palestinian woman was shot after she stabbed an Israeli near the Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem in the third knife attack in the city in less than a week. Baz Ratner/Reuters

          Israeli PM postpones trip to Germany amid new unrest

          WorldOctober 07, 2015

          Abbas warns of new Palestinian intifada over Al Aqsa clashes

          WorldSeptember 22, 2015
          Israeli police officers stand guard at the gate of Al Aqsa Mosque to prevent Palestinians from getting inside during clashes between stone-throwing Palestinians and Israeli police. Ammar Awad /Reuters

          Israeli PM announces tougher penalties against stone throwers

          WorldSeptember 16, 2015

          Iftar meals distributed at Al Aqsa mosque in Palestine

          UAEJuly 12, 2015

          HAI donate garbage disposal lorry to Al Aqsa Mosque

          UAENovember 19, 2014
          People run for cover at one of the entrances to Jerusalem's flashpoint Al Aqsa mosque during clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians on November 5, 2014. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP Photo

          Two dead as Palestinian driver rams into pedestrians in Jerusalem

          WorldNovember 05, 2014

          Police disperse Palestinians barricaded in Al Aqsa mosque

          WorldApril 16, 2014

          Palestinians and Israeli police clash at Al Aqsa mosque

          WorldApril 13, 2014
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