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Al Aqsa Mosque

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

Palestinian paramedics carry an injured woman on a stretcher past the Dome of the Rock, after clashes broke out inside the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on July 27, 2017. Ahmad Gharabli / AFP

Palestinian joy turns to rage as dozens hurt in clashes with police inside Al Aqsa

WorldJuly 27, 2017
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
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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
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