The Waqf in Jerusalem decides to raise the alert level on Fridays and congregate prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as 166 Jewish extremists barged their way to the site.

In violation of the status quo, Israeli police allow Jewish extremists to openly perform religious rituals at Bab Al-Rahma on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, arresting at least 5 Palestinian worshippers trying to stop them.

Israel orders three Palestinians not to be at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and bans travel for one Jerusalem resident.

Palestinians warn against introducing any changes in Al-Aqsa Mosque in light of Israel’s intention to shut down Bab Al-Rahmeh prayer area for Muslim worshippers.

Israeli forces arrest Engineer Bassam Al-Hallaq, official of the construction department of the Al-Aqsa Mosque for undertaking restoration work inside the Marwani Mosque on the compound. – In a joint statement, 13 Church leaders in Jerusalem warn that the Israeli court’s ruling on property of the Greek Orthodox Church at..Read More

After an almost 30 year long legal battle, the Jerusalem District Court rejects the appeal of the Samarin family of 18 and orders it to evict its property in Silwan, overlooking the Al-Aqsa Mosque, for the benefit of settlers. In addition, they are forced to pay $5,800 to the Jewish..Read More

The Jerusalem District Court denies a final request by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate to block the sale of church property in the Old City to the Ateret Cohanim settler group.

The Islamic Waqf department warns that Israel is on the verge of changing the long-observed status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as a Muslim-only holy place. Ekrima Sabri, former Mufti of Jerusalem and current head of the Higher Islamic Council, says in a statement that the Waqf is losing..Read More

Israeli forces demolish four Palestinian-owned decades-old buildings in Al-Walaja without a demolition order, as part of its preparations to open a new park around the adjacent Ein Haniya spring. One of the buildings housed a family while the others were used by farmers to store equipment.

Israeli authorities hand eight Palestinians orders banning them entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif for periods ranging between one week and six months.

Dozens of Palestinian protestors, including Islamic Waqf personal and Arab MKs, protest against ongoing police harassment of Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the latest of which was interrogating him for several hours.

Israeli police arrest Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, Al-Aqsa Mosque Imam, head of the Islamic Higher Committee, and member of the Islamic Waqf Council, after storming his house in occupied Jerusalem under the pretext of “incitement”.

The Islamic Waqf Council announces that Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif will reopen to Muslim worshippers Sunday, 31 May, two months after they suspended entry to holy site due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Israeli police attack Palestinian worshipers performing “Eid” prayers outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque, wounding several elderly Palestinians. The Mosque remains closed due to the coronavirus pandemic but Palestinian “residents” of Jerusalem went to the holy site to pray as close to it as possible.

Israeli police assault and detain two Palestinians in the Old City, one of them the son of the Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and arrest a Waqf guard at the Dome of the Rock inside the Al-Aqsa compound.

Exploratory drilling starts just outside the Old City for a controversial transportation project to extend the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem fast rail to the Dung Gate south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif to bring visitors from Ben Gurion Airport straight to the Wailing Wall. The project involves excavation of some 2.9 km..Read More

Israel’s High Court of Justice orders the state to respond by May 11 to a petition claiming that the government cut a deal with Jordan to keep Jews off the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif for the duration of the coronavirus epidemic.

Israeli security services raid the house of Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, Al-Aqsa Mosque Imam, head of the Islamic Higher Committee, and member of the Islamic Waqf Council, and threaten him after he stated that Al-Aqsa Mosque would open its doors if Israeli forces allowed Jewish extremists to enter the holy site.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher closes on Easter, for the first time since Black Death in 1349, with only a few of priests celebrating “Holy Saturday”.

Church leaders in Jerusalem decide to shut down the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, following concern of the spread of coronavirus pandemic.

While Israeli police put more restrictions on Palestinian worshipers, claiming it was a protective measure against coronavirus, scores of extremist Jews force their way into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and perform Talmudic rituals. – The Waqf announces an unprecedented decision to close Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif for Muslim worshippers amid the outbreak..Read More

Israeli police summons director of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Omar Kiswani for questioning at the Russian Compound interrogation center in West Jerusalem, without giving any reason.

In a statement during an official visit to Jordan, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay commends King Abdullah II for his constructive role as Custodian of the Holy Places in Jerusalem, as well as for his vision in aiming to ensure that Jerusalem remains a unifying city of peace and harmony for..Read More

Israeli police fine people handing out free food and violently disperse crowds during Friday morning prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif. – Former Likud MK Yehuda Glick is detained by Israeli police on the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif and removed from the holy site after failing to coordinate his “visit” with..Read More

In East Jerusalem, Palestinian worshippers participate in the fourth Friday of the “Great Fajr” prayer campaign protesting against the Trump Administration’s “deal of the century”. At least 10 Palestinians are injured as Israeli forces attack and force them to leave Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif, and three are injured.

Israeli police close all gates leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif after two Palestinians are arrested, allegedly attempting to carry out a stabbing attack against an Israeli police officer on the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif. – Jordan’s Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs warns against imposing Israeli “rules” in order to change..Read More

After arresting at least ten Palestinians in East Jerusalem overnight, Israeli forces enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif after morning prayers and disperse the Palestinian worshippers.

Israeli forces raid the home of Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, Alqsa Mosque Imam, head of the Islamic Higher Committee, and member of the Islamic Waqf Council, and banned him from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif for one week.

Several police officers barge into the Aqsa Mosque’s Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer building without removing their shoes, provocatively tour the building and took photos.

At the Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer area “Musallah” inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif, Israeli police assault several Palestinian worshipers with teargas and detain two of them for no reason.

Escorted by Israeli forces, Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, with one of them trying to the Israeli flag.

Overnight, settlers slash tires of 40 vehicles and spray-paint anti-Arab graffiti on walls in Shu’fat in an area near the Ramal Shlomo settlement.

On orders issued by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, Israeli forces close down several Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem, claiming they were operated by the PA. Shut down are the offices of the Palestinian Directorate of Education located at the Dar Al-Aytam School in the Old City, where all classes were..Read More

The Israeli Housing Cabinet approves the controversial 1.4 km.-long cable car project that will help visitors access the Western Wall and allegedly ease traffic congestion.

Some 611 Israeli extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in large consecutive groups, escorted by police. Some pray in the area of Bab Ar-Rahmeh, from where Palestinian worshippers are expelled, while others perform prayers outside Chain Gate and other doors of the compound. – Israeli forces detain the preacher of Al-Aqsa..Read More

During a visit of a delegation from the Saudi national football team to Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli police detain members of the Palestinian security accompanying the delegation, including its Jerusalem head Said Atari.

Israeli forces break into the Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer area on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and seize wooden separators.

Israeli forces remove Muslim worshipers from Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to facilitate tours for at least 120 Israeli extremists led by Israeli Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel and Likud Member of Knesset Yehuda Glick. – Jewish settler groups have reportedly issued a Rosh Hashana greeting card that depicts Al-Aqsa Mosque compound..Read More

Near the Chain Gate in the Old City, a Palestinian youth is shot and arrested after an attempted stabbing attack leaving a female soldier lightly injured. Israeli forces subsequently close several gates of the Al-Aqsa compound as well as Damascus Gate.

At least 50 Israeli extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

While restrictions are tightened for Palestinian worshippers, dozens of Israeli extremists enter and tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Some 155 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under tight police protection, with some of them trying to perform religious rituals. Entry restrictions are imposed on Muslim worshipers at the entrances leading to the Mosque and their IDs seized until they leave.

On the order of Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, Israeli forces disperse for the second time a soccer tournament at the Burj Al-Laqlaq center in the Old City on the grounds that the PA was involved in it, and detain four or the organizers for questioning.

Israeli intelligence summons Waqf director Azzam Khatib for questioning on the recent escalation at Al-Aqsa Mosque. – Scores of Israeli extremist led by MK Yehuda Glick tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection. – Criticizing Israel’s provocative measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as mere attempt to change the historical..Read More

Israeli forces band a conference on the Israeli policy of home demolition in Jerusalem that was scheduled to take place at Burj Al-Laqlaq center in the Old City.

Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan says that Israel should push to change the status quo arrangements at the “Temple Mount” so that Jews also can pray at the site.

Some 260 extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups with some performing Jewish rituals of dancing and singing.

Israeli Minister of Internal Security Gilad Ardan issues an order extending the closure of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem and prohibiting any cultural or political activities involving the PA. – Israeli forces storm the Yabous Cultural Center, prevent a memorial service for the Palestinian writer Subhi Ghosheh from taking place, assault..Read More

Some 42 Israeli extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, protected by police forces, and perform provocative Talmudic rituals.

At least 43 Israeli extremists invade Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli police raid Bab Ar-Rahmah prayer site, removing worshipers and the wooden barriers separating men and women as well as the shoe cupboard.

During a ceremony inaugurating the “Path of the Pilgrims” project of the Elad settler organization, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and President Trump’s Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt break open a new tunnel running under Silwan. Also attending the provocative event were casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife..Read More

About 48 Israeli extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and provocatively tour the site.

The Jerusalem Municipality approves the naming of streets in Silwan’s Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood after Jewish Rabbis, going against the recommendation of a professional panel who said “It is inappropriate to give Jewish street names in neighborhoods overwhelmingly populated by Arabs” and warned that the move will “create unnecessary tension. The..Read More

Israeli forces detain three Waqf employees, including Bassam Hallaq, the head of the Construction Committee of Al-Aqsa Mosque and staff members Mohammad Al-Hadra and Engineer Taha Oweida.

Around 330 Israeli extremists guarded by Israeli police enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups.

As some 120 Jews enter provokingly the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on one of the last days of Ramadan, hundreds of Palestinians protest, hurling stones and chairs at security forces. Israeli police force people to leave throwing teargas and stun grenades and lock the gates to the holy site, triggering new..Read More

Groups of Jewish extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of Israeli forces. – In Az-Za’im, Israeli forces confiscate 15-m2 metal barracks used as a storage space for plumbing equipment.

Israeli forces storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and expel worshipers.

Israeli forces storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after the Tarawih prayers and force out dozens of worshipers. Later, Israeli Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel heads a group of Israeli extremists in a provocative tour of the site. – In two separate incidents, Israeli forces detain the head of Palestinian Prisoners’..Read More

Dozens of Israeli settlers storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in large consecutive groups under the protection of heavily armed Israeli forces and perform Jewish religious prayers. – For the second day in a row, Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after the end of Tarawih prayer and force out all..Read More

Over 180,000 Muslim worshipers attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli forces seal off Silwan with iron barriers preventing Palestinian residents from reaching their homes on time for the Iftar and from attending the Tarawih evening prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque afterwards.

On the fifth day of Pesach, some 320 Israeli extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, protected by Israeli forces, with some performing religious rituals.

The Israeli police commissioner in occupied Jerusalem, along with dozens of Jewish extremists and under armed protection by Israeli forces, tours the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the fourth day of the Jewish Pesach holiday. Throughout the day, some 237 Jews enter the holy site, some attempting to perform religious rituals..Read More

Some 167 Israeli extremists enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of heavily armed Israeli forces and police for the Jewish Pesach holiday.

Dozens of Israeli settlers enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and perform religious prayers, protected by armed Israeli forces.

The Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee approved for public deposit the Glassman/Or Sameach yeshiva project, which seeks to build a Jewish religious school (yeshiva) at the entrance of Sheikh Jarrah.

After detaining and interrogating them for hours, Israeli police release three Palestinian mothers of prisoners, Khuloud Al-Awar, Najah Odeh and Iman Al-Awar, on condition of being banned from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for two weeks. A member of the Jerusalem Prisoners’ Affairs Committee, Alaa Haddad, was also released on..Read More

Israeli settlers spray-paint racist, anti-Arab slogans on the walls and doors of a home on Mount Scopus/French Hill, reading among others “revenge”, as well as vandalize 25 cars, puncturing their tires and spraying on them. – Israeli forces detain an elderly Palestinian man from inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after..Read More

An Israeli court issues a temporary order to close Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer area, giving the Waqf, which rejects the decision saying it is an integral part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, 60 days to appeal the decision. The Palestinian and Jordanian Foreign Ministries separately reject Israeli interference in the affairs..Read More

Accompanied by police, some 150 Jewish extremists participate in a “protest” tour of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound against recent Muslim prayers in the Bab Ar-Rahmeh complex. Two of them are arrested on suspicion of praying during the tour. – Assaf Fried, spokesman for an association of Temple Mount activist groups,..Read More

Israeli forces assault dozens of worshipers, detain 17 of them, and seal off all of the Al-Aqsa Mosque gates, after a fire breakout at a nearby Israeli police station, which Israelis claim was caused by a firebomb thrown by Palestinians. – The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine..Read More

Israeli police detain 17-year-old Nasrallah Abu Diab after raiding his family home on the Old City. He is released the next day, but banned from entering Jerusalem City. – The Jerusalem Magistrates Court postpones its decision on the closure of the Bab Ar-Rahmeh building for one week in order for..Read More

Jewish settlers from the Ateret Cohanim group move into the Al-Alami family house in the Old City’s Muslim Quarter near the Haram Ash-Sharif compound. The building was at the center of an affair in late 2018, in which the PA convicted East Jerusalem resident Issam Akel of selling land to..Read More

Israeli police allows 30 Jewish extremists to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and perform Talmudic rituals near Bab Ar-Rahmeh. At the same time, Jewish ‘Temple Mount’ groups call for invading the building’s prayer area and a ban on the Waqf’s renovation works.

Israeli authorities deliver an order to Waqf Council chairman, Sheikh Abdel Athim Salhab, banning him from entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for 40 consecutive days. – Waqf Security guards banned by Israel from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound call on Muslims in Jerusalem to refrain from entering the Al-Aqsa..Read More

Palestinians banned by Israeli authorities over the past few days from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound perform Friday prayers at the Lions Gate in rejection of their ban. – Two members of the Waqf Council, Hatem Abdul Qader, former Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, and Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman of..Read More

Ultra-Orthodox MK Yehuda Glick tours the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound alongside a group of Israeli rightwing extremists.

During predawn raids, Israeli authorities detain Waqf Council chairman, Sheikh Abdel-Azzim Salhab, and the Deputy Waqf Director in Jerusalem, Sheikh Najeh Bkeirat. They are later released, along with another four Palestinians, under the condition of being banned from entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for an entire week. – Waqf..Read More

Hundreds of Palestinian worshipers and activists break the seal off imposed on the Bab Ar-Rahmeh area on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, raise the Palestinian flag and perform Friday prayers inside the Gate’s building.

The Islamic Waqf Council places its own chain locks at the entrance of the Bab Ar-Rahmeh building and releases a statement (Decision #31/2019) in which it declared, inter alia, “all Israeli occupation authorities’ actions at the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially at Bab Al-Rahmah, null and void, and that these actions..Read More

About 60 Israeli extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound accompanied by rabbis and escorted by Israeli forces and provocatively tour the site. – Clashes erupt when Israeli forces re-seal Bab Ar-Rahmeh, after a group of Palestinian youths able to break the lock and opened the gate for worshipers. Israeli forces assault..Read More

Israeli forces lock the upper entrance of the Bab Al-Rahmeh building with chains, which are later broken by thousands of worshippers who pray at the site, triggering a series of clashes with Israeli forces which resulted in the arrest of dozens of Palestinians.

The Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem, which oversees the day-to-day management of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the auspices of the Jordanian government, announces the appointment of 7 new members to its Council, days after Jordan had announced that it would expand the council to 18, adding for the first time..Read More

Israeli Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel tours the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound along with a group of Israeli settlers and under armed security by Israeli forces.

Some 48 Israeli extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under heavy protection from Israeli forces and perform religious rituals at the site.

Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian woman, Montaha Emara, as she is leaving AL-Aqsa Mosque.

Some 39 of Israeli extremists tour the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, while Israeli forces ban Waqf employees from entering the site. – Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport of Israel Miri Regev tours the streets of the Old City along with a camera crew, in order to shoot her political campaign..Read More

Some 85 Israeli settlers protected by over 100 Israeli forces provocatively tour the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, take measurements and photograph its landmarks without any explanation. – Jewish groups tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a provocative manner, escorted by Israeli forces.

Israeli forces and police raid the Marwani and Dome of the Rock mosques inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. An Israeli policeman also attempts to enter the Dome of the Rock mosque wearing a kippah; Israeli forces then impose closure on the compound for several hours.

The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) strongly condemns Israeli police forces’ breaking into Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and physically assaulting Sheikh Al-Kiswani.

Some 77 Israeli extremists, some of them rabbis, tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, provoking Muslim worshippers.

Israeli forces detain the head of the Waqf’s Media and Public Relations office, Firas Ad-Dibs, near Damascus Gate. – Israeli extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and provocative enact Talmudic rituals.

Separate groups of over 100 Jewish extremists, including 67 Yeshiva students, escorted by Israeli police and five Americans tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a provocative manner, partially trying to perform religious rituals, while Israeli police restrict the entry of Palestinian worshipers.

Jerusalem police chief Yoram Levy recommends that Israeli MKs increase their raids on Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, grants members of the Israeli Knesset (MKs) permission to visit Jerusalem’s Al-Haram Al-Sharif compound dismantles a previous agreement between Israel and Jordan put in place since 2015.

Occupation officials from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority storm the Islamic cemetery of Bab Al-Rahma, adjacent to the eastern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, damaging graves.

During a hearing on the police’s handling of three female Jewish settlers who were praying at Al-Aqsa, the Israeli Magistrate Court in Jerusalem determined that Jews have the same rights to pray at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque as Arabs and ruled that Jews can perform prayers there, which also..Read More

312 settlers entered Al-Aqsa Mosque, performing rituals in the sanctuary, while Muslim women were forcefully prevented from entering and worshipping.

Some 500 Jewish extremists storm the Al-Aqsa compound with some performing religious rituals outside its walls, the closest such ceremonies have ever been carried out to the mosque, and chanting pledges to build the Jewish temple mount at the site.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu lifts order which prohibited Israeli MKs from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque. Ultra-nationalist MK Yehuda Glick led 135 right-wing Israelis entering the compound and performed ‘prayers’ outside its gates.

Israel removed all remaining intrusive security measures at Al-Aqsa. – A statement, signed by 40 rabbis and instigated by far-right leader Rabbi Dov Lior and Chief Rabbinate Judge Rabbi Yisrael Rozen, insists that going to the Al-Aqsa compound to advance Jewish prayers is important to facilitate the broader Zionist project..Read More

Being prevented from praying for the second Friday in a row, Palestinians hold a Day of Rage outside Al-Aqsa Mosque. Four people are killed and hundreds injured in the ensuing clashes with Israeli forces.

Israeli authorities installed metal detectors and metal barriers at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound triggering an unprecedented 11-day protest by Palestinian Jerusalemites who refused to enter the side until the devices were removed and prayed in the streets around it instead.

Hundreds of settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque to mark ‘Jerusalem Day’ and 50 years since occupying East Jerusalem. It was reported to be the largest number of Jewish settlers to enter the Al-Aqsa compound at one time.

Following pressure from right-wing blocs, the Israeli Knesset decided to allow its Jewish members to enter the Muslim holy site of Al-Aqsa Mosque in cooperation with the police.

Far-right Jewish “Return to the Mount” activists publish an article on the Israeli news site Walla! ahead of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, encouraging the destruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Bassam Hallaq, Head of the Hashemite Restoration Department at Al-Aqsa was arrested from inside the Dome of the Rock and investigated at the police station for the first time in his 38 years in service.

The Ethics Committee of the Knesset decided to uphold a provision prohibiting Jewish and Palestinian MKs from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Right-wing MK Yehuda Glick led a group of Jewish extremists touring Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

UNESCO voted on a Resolution stating that Jerusalem is holy to all three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but that Al-Aqsa Mosque and its courtyards are only sacred to Muslims.

Israeli assault on Al-Aqsa’s Qibli Mosque resulted in damages in the amount of $700,000, including 6 historic windows, electric boards, iron grids,and burning 12 carpets.

Israeli police prevented children attending summer camps from entering Al-Aqsa.

Israeli police attacked and beat worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque after they confronted Jewish groups attempting hold Jewish Passover events at the site.

A group of 50 right-wing Jews enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and provoke Mus­lim worshipers.

Israeli authorities prevent women from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, while 39 right-wing Jews enter it.

Protests and clashes take place across Jerusalem, as Israel limits access for Palestini­ans to Al-Aqsa Mosque forcing thousands of worshippers to pray in the streets in Ras Al-Amud, Wadi Al-Joz, Bab Az-Zahra, Al-Musrara and the Old City under the watch of at least 1,300 heavily-armed police, who monitored and photographed..Read More

Israel’s Deputy Transportation Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) tours Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, escorted by Israeli police officers.

Far-right Israeli MK Moshe Feiglin enters Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as Palestinians under 40 as well as Waqf employees are banned from entering. – Israeli Housing Minister Uri Ariel joins in calls for Israel to change the status quo by allow­ing Jews not only to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque compound but also..Read More

Israeli authorities order Al-Aqsa Mosque compound closed – for the first time since 1967. Following Arab and US calls for Muslim worshippers to be allowed in the closure is lifted in the evening.

Israeli police officers escort West Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Deploying hundreds of forces throughout Jerusalem streets,Israeli authorities pre­vent men under the age of 50 from entering Al-Aqsa compound, forcing thousands of Pales­tinians to perform Friday prayers in the streets and alleyways in and around the Old City. After the prayer clashes break out in Wadi Al-Joz, Ras Al-Amud, Issawiyya..Read More

Hundreds of Jews tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under armed guard for the holi­day of Sukkot. Clashes erupt due to restrictions on Palestinian worshipers, with men under 50 and all women being prevented from entering the compound.

Thousands of Palestinians perform Friday noon prayers in the streets in Wadi Al-Joz, Ras Al-Amud, Salah Eddin Street and the Old City as Israeli forces close all roads leading to the holy site and bar men under 50 from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli army radio reports that the Ministry of Tourism was working on a plan to al­low Jews to enter Al-Aqsa compound through the Cotton Merchants Gate, in addition to the Moroccan Gate which is already used as an entrance for non-Muslims. The announcement is harshly condemned by Palestinians. – Hundreds..Read More

Over 200 extremist Jews enter and tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli police deploys heavily at all gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound imposing restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers ahead of the Jewish New Year: Palestinian men under 45 years and all women are denied entry to the mosque.

Israel dismantles wooden access ramp, erected in August, to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound that would have increased access for non-Muslims but angered Jordan. – The Appeals Committee of the National Planning and Building Council put the plan for a national park on the slopes of Mt. Scopus on hold until the..Read More

Deputy speaker of the Israeli Knesset Moshe Feiglin tours Al-Aqsa Mosque com­pound along with a group of right-wing Israeli Jews under heavy escort by Israeli forces.

Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound while Israeli forces close its gates and prevent most Palestinian from entering.

Israeli forces close all the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque and prevent Palestinians under the age of 50 from entering it, while allowing settlers and rightwing Israelis to tour the area.

Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque, while allowing rightwing Israelis to tour the site.

Israeli forces erect several checkpoints in the Old City and prevent Palestinians under the age of 50 from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque. – Settlers escorted by Israeli forces perform Talmudic rituals at Suq Al-Qattanin near Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli forces tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound while Palestinians are prevented from entering.

Israeli forces close gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing Palestinians from entering and confiscating ID cards, while settlers escorted by the forces tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli police impose restrictions on Palestinian worshipers entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, only allowing men over 50 and women to enter the compound. – During clashes atAl-Aqsa compound at least 110 Palestinians are injured, including Waqf Director Sheikh Salhab and Jerusalem Governor..Read More

Clashes break out earlier at Al-Aqsa Mosque when Israeli forces raid the compound, close the area to Palestinian worshipers and open it for a group of right-wing Jews. At least 20 Palestinians are injured by rubber-coated steel bullets.

Israeli police close Al-Aqsa Mosque to women and young men.

Israeli officers assault five Palestinian women at Al-Aqsa Mosque while over 30 Israeli rightists tour the compound, and another Israeli group perform Jewish prayers near the Golden Gate close. In addition, supporters of two-right wing Jewish groups try to take photos, but are confronted by female worshipers.

A Palestinian woman and a 12-year old boy are injured after Israeli officers beat worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as they protested the presence of a tour group of Israeli settlers.

Hundreds of Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the streets leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque after Israeli forces prevented those under 50 years old from entering the com­pound.

Dozens of worshipers demonstrate at the Moroccans Gate inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound against Israeli restrictions on entering the area.

Palestinian worshipers are forced to pray in the streets of Jerusalem after Israeli authorities impose strict regulations on those wishing to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Friday noon prayers.

Worshipers under 50 are denied entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque for the second day in a row, forcing them to pray near the main gates of the compound, while police allow a Jewish group to tour the compound.

Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and assault Palestinian worshipers who had chanted religious slogans at a group of around 30 right-wing Jews touring the site.

Nine Palestinians are injured after Israeli forces sprayed them with pepper spray while they were trying to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque after police imposed tight restrictions on worshipers at the compound.

Dozens of Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound morning, attacking wor­shipers with stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets.

Likud MK Moshe Feiglin tours Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under heavy armed guard. A group of around 50 right-wing Jews also tours the area.

After Israeli authorities restrict entrance to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound only to people above 50 years, thousands of Palestinian worshipers perform Friday prayers in the streets of Jerusalem.

Israeli soldiers tour Al-Aqsa compound escorted by Israeli police.

Thousands of worshipers pray in the streets of Jerusalem after Israeli authorities impose restrictions on Palestinians’ right to pray inside Al-Aqsa, prohibiting all Palestinians under the age of 40 to enter.

Israeli forces prevent Muslim worshipers under the age of 50 from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and close all but three gates leading to it.

Over 40 settlers enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound escorted by a large number of Israeli police and led by the rightist lawyer Yehuda Glick.

Some 50 Palestinians spend the night inside Al-Aqsa compound in protest of an Israeli Knesset debate, scheduled for the next day, over a plan to place the holy site under full Israeli jurisdiction, and in reaction to reports that Israeli rightist organizations plan to raise Israeli flags inside the compound.

Right-wing MK Moshe Feiglin, escorted by Israeli police, enters Al-Aqsa compound through Al-Mughrabi Gate and tours the site. Feiglin had initiated a Knesset debate, calling for full Israeli sovereignty over the compound.

Around 30 Israeli intelligence officers enter Al-Aqsa, tour the compound and raid the Dome of the Rock. – A group of 17 Israelis enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under armed guard.

Al-Aqsa guards thwarted an attempt by settlers to take Israeli flags into Al-Aqsa.

Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and tour the site.

Israeli archaeological teams have started new excavations near the Silwan tunnel, which runs from Al-Aqsa Mosque to Silwan as part of the Israeli project to build a biblical park in the area. -Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and tour the site.

Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and tour the site.

Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and tour the site, trying to perform religious rituals.

In its capacity as custodian of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, Jordan demands that Israel remove surveillance cameras at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli authorities install surveillance cameras inside the Al-Aqsa compound to monitor Waqf officials and worshippers.

An Israeli group led by Rabbi Yehuda Glick, Chair of the Temple Mount Heritage Fund, enter the Al-Aqsa compound escorted by police, setting off provocative fireworks amidst Palestinian worshippers, whose identity cards are checked at the gates.

Israeli police detains two female Palestinian teachers upon entering Al-Aqsa compound where they lecture. – Over 17 Jewish extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Moroccan Gate, and toured the compound.

Escorted by 33 Israeli intelligence officers over 70 Jewish right-wingers enter Al-Aqsa compound, led by the chairman of the Temple Mount Heritage Fund Yehuda Glick, who was allowed to enter the compound after serving only one month of a 6-month ban to do so.

Arab-Israeli MKs are expelled from a Knesset meeting discussing plans to allow Jews to pray in the Al-Haram Al-Sharif compound, which they protested as a desecration of an Islamic holy site.

Around 63 Israeli rightists enter Al-Aqsa compound under armed guard and tour the compound in three groups.

Jewish groups enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through Al-Mughrabi Gate and perform religious rituals.

Israeli police ban Muslims under the age of 50 from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers.

Israeli forces evacuate Al-Aqsa compound, including schools, prevent Palestinian worshipers from entering, and raid the area, injuring several Palestinian worshipers.

Some 150 Israeli rightists enter Al-Aqsa compound in separate groups under armed guard and perform religious rituals in the area.

Israeli Housing Minister Uri Ariel of the far-right Jewish Home Party tours Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under heavy Israeli police guard, heading a tour group of some 100 right-wing Jews.

Palestinian youths and Israeli police clash at Al-Aqsa Mosque; at least 15 Palestinians are arrested and over 50 injured.

Israeli forces raid the Bab Hutta neighborhood and detain 11 Palestinians for questioning on charges of incitement and throwing rocks. They are released on bail to house arrest and are banned from Al-Aqsa compound for 15 days. Four other Palestinians from the Old City are also arrested while three others..Read More

Around 65 Jewish extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque, escorted by Israeli police, and tour the compound.

Jews demanding access to Al-Aqsa compound demonstratein front of the Mughrabi Gate protesting, in part, the compound’s closure to Jews during the last two weeks of Ramadan.

Israeli Army Radio reveals that the Israel government is providing funding for the well-financed far right-wing Temple Institute, which aims “to see Israel rebuild the Holy Temple on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, in accord with the Biblical commandments.”

On the Jewish holy day of Tisha b’Av, Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin (Likud) Elkin tries to visit Al-Aqsa compound together with right-wing MK Shuli Mualem-Rafaeli (Bayit Yehudi), and a large group of activists but is prevented by Israeli security.

After detaining and interrogating her for hours, Israeli police bans female teacher Um Radwan for three months from Al-Aqsa Mosque, where she leads guided tours for students.

Palestinian worshipers and guards confront Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin during a visit to Al-Aqsa compound, accompanied by a group of settlers and armed Israeli forces. Soon afterwards a group of 50 settlers enters the area, including Likud official Yehuda Glick.

Dozens of Israelis enter Al-Aqsa compound under armed guard and tour the site.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians perform prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, although Israel limited entry by men to those over 40 years of age.

Some 100 extremist Jews, escorted by Israeli police, enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through Al-Mughrabi Gate, later leaving through the Chain Gate chanting anti-Arab slogans.

Israel bans 25 Al-Aqsa compound guards from the vicinity of the mosque for varying periods of time for trying to stop rightists from entering the compound.

Israeli security forces and right-wing Jews tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound accompanied by intelligence officials.

Israeli police closes Al-Aqsa Mosque, banning non-Muslim visitors from the compound “to prevent incidents” following a security assessment over the last 24 to 48 hours.

As a group of around 40 Jewish settlers accompanied by police enter Al-Aqsa compound through the Mughrabi Gate and tour the site to commemorate the eve of “Jerusalem Day,” special Israeli forces stormed the compound and assaulted worshipers. – Speaking to The Times of Israel news site, WJM mayor Bir..Read More

Israeli police limits men’s access to Al-Aqsa Mosque to Jerusalem ID card holders over the age of 50 and deploys reinforcements in Jerusalem, fearing protests at Al-Aqsa in the wake of a prisoner’s death. – An Israeli special force unit wearing Palestinian scarves infiltrate Al-Issawiya and confront youth, injuring at..Read More

Dozens of Jewish settlers enter Al-Aqsa compound from Al-Magharbeh Gate. Israeli forces arrest10 Palestinians for throwing stones at groups of Jews visiting Al-Aqsa compound.

Accompanied by Israeli forces, over 170 Jewish right-wing extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through Al-Mughrabi Gate to worship during the Jewish holiday of Passover, while several young Muslims are forcibly banned or evicted from the compound.

Israeli authorities renew the order banning Sheikh Najih Bkeirat, director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, from the Al-Aqsa compound for another six months.

Israeli forces evacuate Muslim worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque when a group of some 40 Jewish worshipers enter the compound to perform Jewish prayers at the site. – For the second day in a row, Israeli forces ban Palestinians aged under 45 from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Some 50 settlers enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque yards to perform religious rituals under Israeli police protection.

Israeli police force stationed at Al-Aqsa arrested a male student and removed six others in order to allow a group of Jews to walk around the compound.

The Islamic-Christian Commission in Support of Jerusalem and Holy Sites condemns the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by settlers wearing priestly garments and performing Talmudic rituals. The Commission warns that the excavation works around and beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque are aimed at building a temple on its ruins.

More than 30 settlers broke into the Al-Aqsa Mosque, roamed its yard under the protection of Israeli police, and performed Jewish rituals and prayers.

Arye Eldad introduces a new bill to the Knesset which suggests dividing prayer times at the Al-Aqsa Mosque “for all three religions.” – Israeli police ban a group of the Bnei Akiva youth movement from calling out “The Temple Mount is in our hands!” or hold up signs with the..Read More

MK Zevulun Orlev calls for a law to rebuild the Third Temple in Jerusalem atop Al-Haram Ash-Sharif. – Dozens of extremist settlers protected by police force their way into the Al-Aqsa courtyards, provoking Muslim worshippers.

Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound accompanied by Israeli forces but are prevented from performing religious rites.

Some 100 Israeli soldiers took a tour of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Settlers also join the tour and hold provocative religious rituals.

Israeli forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after the Friday noon prayers and clash with Palestinian youths, injuring at least 30 of them.

Israeli police arrested 13 Palestinians on the grounds of the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex after police and tourists visiting the site were attacked with stones, a police spokesman said. (AFP)

The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage says Israeli soldiers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and behaved “aggressively”.

Israeli forces impose strict security and military measures on Jerusalem, especially the Old City, amidst calls by extremist Jewish groups to invade the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to celebrate Hanukkah.

Israel closes the wooden Mughrabi access ramp leading to Al-Aqsa mosque compound over public safety fears, sparking a war of words with Jordan and the Palestinians, who denounce it as an act of “aggression” against the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Jordan condemns an Israeli plan to demolish the Mughrabi access ramp to Al-Aqsa Mosque with Waqf and Islamic Affairs Minister Abdul Salam Abbadi stating: “Jerusalem’s [Waqf] administration is the party with legal custody and sovereignty over Al-Haram Al-Sharif. Israel has no right to replace the bridge unilaterally.”

Israeli police accompanying Israeli visitors arrest four Palestinian worshippers blocking the entrance to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli occupation forces attacked a group of worshippers who gathered at the gates of the Old City after being prohibited from entering Al-Aqsa.

Ahead of the first Friday prayers during Ramadan, Israeli police limit access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Muslim men over 45 and deploy over 2,000 forces in the city.

Israeli police allow extremist Jewish groups into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as part of celebrations marking the annexation of East Jerusalem in 1967.

Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and detain five worshipers.

The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage says Israel was “accelerating their steps to destroy the area of Umayyad palaces” near the southern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque and is “carrying out excavations in the area at night, especially in one of the water wells in the area, which extends under..Read More

Israeli police restrict entry to Friday prayers at Al-Haram Ash-Sharif to worshippers above the age of 50.

A settler was arrested after attempting to storm Al-Aqsa with explosives which he planned to place in Al-Qibli Mosque.

The Israeli GLZ radio reports that City Plan no. 12472 (construction of the Mughrabi Ramp leading to the Al-Aqsa compound from the Wailing Wall Plaza has been finally approved, though in a limited version allowing the construction of a new bridge on pillars, with minimum amount of diggings and change..Read More

Haaretz reports about WJM plans to break down part of the Old City walls to create a gate to accommodate Jewish worshippers near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Dozens of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli forces, enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, as Jews mark the end of the Sukkot holiday.

Israeli police restrict the entry of male worshippers to those 50 years and older.

Likud MK, Danny Danon stormed Al-Aqsa along with a number of fellow parliamentarians.

Israel’s Interior Min. renews a military order banning Fateh Jerusalem Affairs official Hatem Abdel Qader from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for a further six months.

Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and raid several homes in the Old City, arresting dozens of Palestinians.

Dozens of Palestinians are injured as Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa Mosque compound following Friday prayers, firing tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades.

A street collapses near the entrance of the Khan Az-Zeit market in the Old City due to Israeli excavations in the area.

Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, the PA’s chief Islamic judge, warns that the Al-Aqsa Mosque suffered from cracks in the walls as a result of Israel’s excavations below it.

The Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage said that large-scale Israeli excavations were being done in the area adjacent to the southern wall of Al-Aqsa Mosque, known as the Umayyad Palaces area.

Palestinian security guards at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound stop an Israeli man with a machine gun attempting to reach the area using a ladder and hand him over to Israeli police.

Palestinians protesters clash with Israeli forces near the Old City’s Lion’s Gate, when Israeli forces attempted to evacuate and detain about 200 Muslim worshippers holed up in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

A special Israeli police unit enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and tour it.

Israeli authorities begin excavations to build a tunnel heading from Silwan toward Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli police allows 45 far-right Israelis to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, marking Ninth of the month of Av on the Jewish calendar, which is observed in commemoration of the destruction of the first and second Jewish Temples.

Israeli Internal Security Min. Yitzhak Aharonovitch of the ultra right-wing Israel Beitenu Party enters Al-Aqsa compound under heavy guard and accompanied by Police Commissioner Dudi Cohen and Jerusalem District Police Chief Aharon Franco.

Dozens of Palestinians gather at the Al-Aqsa Mosque to prevent members of the Chabad movement from entering it after they were asked “conquer and Judaize the holiest place on earth, which was being desecrated in such a disgraceful and shameful way.” Jerusalem residents under 50 are banned from entering the..Read More

Dozens of Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to perform prayers on the occasion of “Passover.” The Israeli police did not stop them but arrest Palestinians who come to protect Al-Aqsa.

Al-Quds quotes Al-Aqsa Foundation as reporting that Israel plans to open two new tunnels of 56 and 22 meters length to link the Old City’s Sharaf quarter with the square west of Al-Aqsa Mosque to protect settlers commuting between Silwan and the Old City.

Israel allows hundreds of tourists wearing “revealing clothes” into Al-Aqsa compound as a group of 30 Jewish extremists.

The “Ohel Yitzhak” synagogue is opened in the Old City’s Muslim Quarter, located between the Cotton Merchants Gate and the Heavy Chain Gate, only 80 m from the Haram Ash-Sharif, creating outrage among Muslim, Christian and Greek Orthodox residents and religious officials, who set up an emergency meeting to condemn..Read More

The Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage reveals Israeli plans to open a synagogue on Wad Street near Hamam Al-Ein, close to Al-Aqsa Mosque, and connect it to a tunnel underneath it.

Israeli authorities install cameras at Lion’s Gate in a bid to further control the entry of worshippers to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

For the second time in two years, religious-Zionist rabbis enter the Haram Ash-Sharif.

Under the protection of Israeli soldiers, a group of settlers push their way into Al-Aqsa compound and try to conduct religious practices there.

The Western Wall Heritage Foundation is planning an underground passage in Jerusalem’s Old City to link the reconstructed Ohel Yitzhak synagogue in the Muslim Quarter with the Western Wall tunnels in the Jewish Quarter, passing by 100 meters west of Al-Aqsa compound.

Israel deploys 4,000 police officers around the walls of Al-Aqsa Mosque during the third Friday prayer of Ramadan. Crowds of worshippers, after being denied entrance to Jerusalem, attend prayers at Qalandia checkpoint.

Israeli forces impose further regulations on the entry of Palestinian worshippers to Jerusalem for Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque: men from 16 to 50 and women from 16 to 45 must get prior permission from the Israeli authorities. Children under 16 can only enter Jerusalem with their parents, if their..Read More

Some 300 Jewish extremists storm Al-Aqsa compound and perform suspicious religious rituals.

The guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque stop an attempt by Israeli extremists to hang the Ten Commandments on Al-Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram Ash-Sharif.

Israeli authorities issue an order prohibiting Palestinian men under 45 years from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers.

Thousands of Israeli forces are deployed around the entrances to the Haram Ash-Sharif, preventing worshippers from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Clashes break out in the Old City as Palestinian worshippers arrive for Friday prayers and protest against Israel’s ongoing excavations in the environs of Al-Aqsa Mosque. Israeli forces impose a curfew on Palestinian neighborhoods as a “precautionary measure.”

The Israeli govt. begins excavations on the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram Ash-Sharif, leading to demonstrations in the Palestinian Territories and in the wider Muslim world.

Hundreds of Palestinians riot to protest entry restrictions to Al-Haram Ash-Sharif for Friday prayers.

Israeli police use stun grenades to disperse hundreds of Palestinian youths trying to gain access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers and ending up praying in the streets outside the compound.

Israeli authorities decide to close the Al-Haram Ash-Sharif to visitors due to warnings of planned attacks to coincide with the Israeli elections.

OIC Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Ekmeleddin Igsanoglu expresses grave concern at the deteriorating conditions of religious and historical sites in Jerusalem, particularly due to Israeli excavations underneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the wall of the Old City.

Yerushalaim reports that WJM mayor Uri Lupolianski has proposed a plan to transfer some East Jerusalem neighborhoods to the PA in exchange for complete Israeli control of the Old City, incl. Haram Ash-Sharif.

WJM Police and the Shin Bet reveal that five Jews were arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque to disrupt the disengagement plan. All five were released soon after.

Amid fears that rallies will be held by Jewish ultra-nationalists near Al-Aqsa compound, Israeli police ban non-Muslims from the Haram Ash-Sharif, tighten security and only allow men aged 40 and above, with Israeli ID cards, to attend the prayers.

Israeli President Moshe Katsav requested that Jews be allowed to enter Al-Aqsa, just as they go into the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.

Israeli police demands an additional NIS 61 million to counter threats of an attack on the Al-Aqsa compound in the wake of disengagement protests.

Israel’s security chiefs warn of the growing risk of an attack by Jewish extremists on Al-Aqsa Mosque as part of a bid to halt PM Sharon’s withdrawal plans.

The Israeli High Court of Justice rejects a petition by the Temple Mount Faithful demanding a ban on the govt. and WJM authorizing the construction of another minaret at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

WJM officials say the number of Muslim worshippers allowed to enter the Haram Ash-Sharif compound during Ramadan may have to be limited because of an Israel Antiquities Authority warning that the Solomon’s Stables area might collapse under the weight of the expected hundreds of thousands of worshippers. Waqf and Jordanian..Read More

At the request of the Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount, Israel’s High Court of Justice issues a temporary injunction prohibiting the Israel Antiquities Authority, the Public Security Min., and the PM from authorizing the Waqf to remove tons of soil from the Haram Ash-Sharif..Read More

WJM police chief Maj.-Gen. Ilan Franco bans Jewish visitors from entering the Al-Aqsa compound to mark Tisha B’Av, which commemorates the destruction of the two temples, due to the fear that their presence could spark violent clashes. Some 30 Jewish extremists who nevertheless try to enter are turned back. The..Read More

The Temple Mount Faithful petitions the Israeli High Court of Justice, asking to be given clearance to enter the Al-Aqsa compound for prayers later in the week to celebrate Tisha B’Av.

Palestinian men under the age of 45 are forced to pray outside the Old City after being denied access to the area to attend Friday prayers at Al-Haram Ash-Sharif.

Israeli police officers storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to disperse stone-throwing Palestinians.

The Temple Mount Faithful petitions the High Court of Justice to order the Israel Antiquities Authority to supervise the construction work taking place at Al-Haram Ash-Sharif and to prevent the damaging and stealing of antiques.

The Islamic Waqf decides to close the area to tourists (valid until 26 April 2003), when the Israeli police made a unilateral decision – despite the Waqf’s opposition – to reverse the decision. Since then, tourists and Jews can enter through the Mughrabi Gate (under Israeli police protection).

The Israeli Police imposes tight restrictions on worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, forbidding men under 45 from attending Friday prayers.

The Israeli army prevents men under 45 years and women under 35 years from attending Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli police prevents the Temple Mount Faithful to hold a Sukkoth ceremony on Al-Haram Ash-Sharif

Israeli police bans men under 40 from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Friday prayers, citing fear for possible clashes.

In reversion of a long-held halakhic rulings, the Yesha Rabbis Council, rabbis Dov Lior, Daniel Shiloh and Nahum Rabinowitz -issues a ruling, saying Jews can visit the Al-Aqsa compound because “the doubts have been removed” about the location of the original temples, so there was no more danger that the..Read More

Israeli police limits entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque to Muslims with Israeli ID cards over the age of 45.

Muslim worshipers clash with Israeli policemen after trying to prevent Jewish visitors from entering the Al-Aqsa compound at the Mughrabi Gate during the new visiting hours for tourists.

The Islamic Movement in Israel organizes the “The Al-Aqsa Children Fund Festival” on Al-Haram Ash-Sharif, to protest the reopening of the site to non-Muslims and to raise funds for activities in protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

After Israeli police allows non-Muslims to enter Al-Haram Ash-Sharif, some 350 Jewish and Christian tourists visit the compound for two hours.

Israeli police prevents Likud MK Yehiel Hazan – head of the Yesha lobby in the Knesset – from entering the ‘Temple Mount’/Al-Aqsa compound due to “security considerations.” – The Waqf publishes a statement in the local media, calling on Palestinians and Muslims in Israel to come to Jerusalem and “protect..Read More

After Israeli police suspend visits to the Al-Aqsa Mosque for non-Muslims, fearing Palestinian protests, right-wing MKs say they will organize daily rotation of MKs to visit the compound.

Palestinians pray in the streets after Israeli police put up roadblocks in neighborhoods adjacent to the Old City and restrict access for Muslims under the age of 40 to Al-Haram Ash-Sharif.

Israeli police protects groups of Jews allowed to perform religious rituals on Al-Haram Ash-Sharif.

Ha’aretz reports that the Yesha Rabbi Council has issued a statement calling for the establishment of Israeli sovereignty on the ‘Temple Mount’ and its opening to Jewish prayer, saying “The Temple Mount belongs solely to the Jewish people and there is no room on it for cooperation with strangers.”

Referring to Public Security Min. Hanegbi’s 14 May statement, Israeli Pres. Katsav tells Israel Radio that it would be unwise to allow Jews to enter Temple Mount without the consent of the Muslims and the Waqf.

In response to Public Security Min. Hanegbi’s comments a day earlier, Waqf director Adnan Husseini says that non-Muslims are not welcome on the Al-Haram Ash-Sharif, telling Israel Radio that “The Arab standpoint, the Waqf standpoint, is that there is no change in the decision of not allowing non-Muslims to enter..Read More

At a ceremony marking Israel’s 55th birthday, WJM police commander Micki Levy says “We are taking steps to open the Temple Mount to Jews,” hinting that contacts are underway with the Waqf and the PA.

Israeli police turns back some 20 Temple Mount Faithful activists, led by Gershon Salomon, approaching Al-Mughrabi Gate of the Al-Aqsa Compund and calling on the govt. to open the “Temple Mount” to Jews.

WJM police chief Mickey Levy says that Jews would be allowed to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after the war on Iraq.

Jerusalem police arrest a Jew, wearing a keffiyeh, who tries to infiltrate prayers at Al-Haram Ash-Sharif, where some 150,000 Muslim worshippers hold the first Friday prayer of Ramadan. Over 2,000 Israeli police are deployed in the city as Palestinian worshippers are given free access to the site for the first..Read More

Some 200 Palestinian youths attempt to storm Al-Haram Ash-Sharif, but are repelled by border police as males under the age of 40 are banned from attending the Friday prayer.

Following the Friday prayer and after being pelted with stones, Israeli police storm Al-Haram Ash-Sharif using stun grenades and teargas to disperse some 5,000 worshippers.

Israeli Pres. Katsav says that Jews should not be allowed to visit the ‘Temple Mount’ until Israel reaches an agreement with the Waqf.

The Israeli High Court bans Herut MK Michael Kleiner from visiting the ‘Temple Mount’ on the anniversary of Sharon’s Sept. 2000 visit. During the night, some 1,000 people demonstrate on Mt. Scopus to protest against the closing of the site to Jews.

WJM mayor Olmert calls on the Israeli Govt. to act to prevent the collapse of the southern part of the Western Wall, which has allegedly been rendered unsound by construction work being carried out by the Waqf.

The Israeli High Court of Justice rejects a petition by the Temple Mount Faithful in which the group asks to be allowed to pray on the ‘Temple Mount’ during the Tisha B’Av fast [commemorating the anniversary of the destruction of the Temple], which begins in the evening.

The Israeli police limits the age of those Muslims permitted to enter Al-Haram Ash-Sharif for the Friday prayer to 40 and above; 1,500 members of the Israeli security forces guard the vicinity and the small number of worshippers – approximately 9,000 in total – who are granted access.

Israeli forces arrest Mufti Sheikh Ekrima Sabri and interrogate him at the Russian Compound Detention Center for four hours about his recent participation in an Intifada conference in Beirut, where he also met with Hizbullah Sec.-Gen. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, and about his Friday sermon in which he was quoted as..Read More

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon formed a ministerial committee to prepare a mechanism allowing Jews and foreign tourists to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israel postpones the planned visit by the UNESCO special envoy to investigate Waqf construction at Al-Aqsa, as Israeli officials consider such a mission unwise given that the UN does not consider Jerusalem to be under Israeli sovereignty.

The Temple Mount Faithful try to the Al-Aqsa compound but are prevented by Israeli police.

Referring to PM Sharon’s recent comments to allow Jews to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Islamic Higher Committee warns Israel to stop desecrating Islamic Holy Places and stresses that only Waqf has the right to supervise any matters pertaining to the compound.

The Gluska Commission, appointed by former PM Barak, recommends the Israeli govt. work “secretly” to reinforce Jordan’s role on the Haram Ash-Sharif, mainly to prevent further construction or digging by the Waqf and to put an end to PA violations and “incitement”.

The Temple Mount Faithful petition the Israeli High Court of Justice, demanding punishment of those undertaking alleged illegal construction on the Haram Ash-Sharif.

PM Barak reaffirms that he will not sign a peace agreement that places Al-Aqsa Mosque under Palestinian sovereignty.

Islamic Waqf official Sheikh Yousef Salameh denounces the desecration of the Holy Qur’an during an Israeli right-wing demonstration a day earlier, during which a copy of the Qu’ran was placed of a donkey along with pictures of Arafat.

Israeli Min. Michael Melchior says there is a serious threat that Jewish extremists might try to destroy the Haram Ash-Sharif, saying “There is nothing more sensitive than the Temple Mount. It can be the gate to heaven, but it can also be the gate to hell.” -Two former security officers..Read More

PM Barak rejects a recommendation by his security services to allow Jews to visit the ‘Temple Mount’ (Haram Ash-Sharif).

Israeli police repulses attempts by over 200 Temple Mount Faithful to enter the Al-Aqsa compound in order to lay a cornerstone for the building of the ‘Third Temple.’ Seven members of are arrested. The compound has been closed to non-Muslims since Sharon’s controversial visit on 28 Sept. 2000.

Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli police after hundreds of young men are barred from the Friday prayers as Israeli Police restricted access to those aged 45 and above.

Only some 20,000 Palestinians pray on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Al-Aqsa Mosque while an estimated one quarter of a million others are prevented from entering Jerusalem.

Israel again bars Palestinians under age 45 from attending Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Palestinians under the age of 45 are barred from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for the second consecutive Friday.

Anticipating protests following Friday prayers, Israel closes the WBGS, allows plainclothes PA police to de­ploy in the Haram Ash-Sharif to form a cordon to prevent Palestinians from throwing stones. They and Waqf staff successfully succeed in keeping calm, but when a few Pal­estinians throw rocks, Israeli forces open immediately fire,..Read More

In the early morning, Likud opposition leader Ariel Sharon makes a provocative visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, under maximum security and with thousands of forces deployed in and around the Old City to prevent any clashes with Palestinians, which were nevertheless triggered by the visit and left dozens of Palestinians..Read More

Speaking to the cabinet, PM Barak says that Israel opposes not only the transfer of sovereignty over the ‘Temple Mount’ to the PA but completely rules out the possibility of transferring sovereignty over it to any Islamic body whatsoever as well.

Israeli acting FM Shlomo Ben Ami rules out the possibility of reaching a peace package within one month and suggests giving the PA autonomy over Al-Aqsa; meanwhile MK Yossi Beilin suggests giving Al-Aqsa an embassy status.

The Waqf complains that Israeli forces have blocked building materials from reaching al-Aqsa Mosque for 5 days now.

Over 800 Muslims and Christians march to Al-Aqsa Mosque to stress their will to protect Al-Aqsa and other holy shrines in the city; Israeli police respond violently and inure numerous of the demonstrators.

Palestinian protestors clash with Jewish extremists from the Temple Mount Faithful who try to enter Al-Haram Ash-Sharif.

Jewish extremists from the Temple Mount Faithful group attempt to break into Al-Aqsa Mosque to pray there.

Ma’ariv reports that Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi Eliahu Bakshi Doron has declared “Raising the Palestinian flag on the Temple Mount is absolutely forbidden. The holy places must remain under Israeli, Jewish sovereignty.”

Ha’aretz reports that Chief Rabbis Bakshi-Doron and Lau oppose relinquishing Israeli control of Al-Aqsa Mosque, but leave open the possibility of a trilateral governing body consisting of Jews, Muslims and Christians.

After deliberating on an appeal by leading Rabbis and officials to review the halachic injunction of 1967 that bars Jews from the Haram Ash-Sharif and gives the Waqf a special status over it, the Chief Rabbinate decides to maintain the status quo.

After Israeli Atty Gen. Elyakim Rubinstein and the Shin Bet recommend closing the gates of the Al-Aqsa compound to construction materials in order to prevent Jewish protests against the Waqf’s renovation work from escalating, Israeli police stop a truck carrying tiles.

Archeologists of the ‘Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount’ demand that PM Barak and Atty. Gen. Elyakim Rubinstein order an immediate halt to the construction work by the Waqf on the Al-Aqsa compound.   – Ma’ariv reports that 82 MKs, mayors, authors, and academics have..Read More

In an attempt to force the Waqf to stop its restoration work of Al-Omari Mosque, Jewish settlers try to prevent Muslims from praying there.

Al-Quds reports that the Israeli Min. of Religious Affairs plans to build a new tunnel under the Haram Ash-Sharif, strongly condemned by Waqf Dir. Adnan Husseini and the Mufti of Jerusalem.

The Israeli army prevents trucks with construction materials from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque-preventing renovation work from being undertaken.

Israeli attorney general Elyakim Rubinstein ends the dispute over construction work on the Al-Aqsa compound, ruling that the WJM could not issue a stop-work order against the Islamic Waqf.   -Israeli police allows some members of the extremist Gershon Solomon group to enter the yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Islamic Higher Commission warns of the dangers of the Israeli plans to involve Al-Aqsa Mosque in the negotiations, while Jordan condemns Israeli statements over the idea of dividing Al-Aqsa Mosque as part of a final solution over Jerusalem.

An Israeli court acquits Jewish extremist Avigdor Eskin of plotting to throw a pig’s head onto Al-Aqsa compound during Ramadan prayers but convicts him of plotting to deface a Muslim grave with a pig’s head and plotting to burn down an Israeli peace group’s office.

Ha’aretz reports that extremists from the Temple Mount Faithful intend to buy a three-dunum plot of land on the Haram Ash-Sharif compound, registered as family Waqf (Abu Saoud family) rather than as part of the general Waqf.

The Temple Mount Faithful group petitions the Israeli High Court to oblige the state’s institutions to put an immediate stop to construction work by the Muslim Waqf next to the Hulda Gate, claiming that the aim is building mosques in the underground spaces there.

Israeli police prevent the expansion of a window opened up by the Waqf to provide light and air for basement rooms under the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The police interference sparks Muslim protests. (The extremist Temple Mount Faithful group has petitioned the High Court of Justice to immediately halt the ‘unlicensed’ construction..Read More

Members of the extremist Temple Mount Faithful attempt to enter Haram Ash-Sharif compound and call for the destruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque, provoking confrontations with Muslim worshippers.

The Islamic Waqf indefinitely closes Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to tourists to protest attempts by Jewish extremists to pray at the site.

The Israeli police allow over 20 extremists Jews to enter the Al-Aqsa compound to celebrate Pessach.

Damyan Pakovitch, a Jewish immigrant from the former USSR, is found guilty of planning to desecrate Al-Aqsa Mosque by throwing a pig’s head onto the premises during Ramadan.

Israeli police prevent Jewish extremists from the Temple Mount Faithful group from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to launch the reconstruction of the Third Jewish Temple. During the rally led by Gershon Solomon, the group boasts that “the Arab occupation of the Temple Mount is finished forever” and tries to unload..Read More

Members of the extremist settler group Hay VeKayam, escorted by Israeli police, enter the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque in what they refer to as a ‘first step’.

Jordan holds Israel responsible for an arson attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which it says seriously endangers the peace process. “The Israeli forces occupying the city of Jerusalem bear the responsibility for this aggression,” says acting Information Min. Nasser Al-Lawzi.

Twenty Jewish extremists are prevented from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque by guards.

Israel’s police chief says Jewish extremists plotting new attacks on Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque compound in a bid to torpedo a planned troop withdrawal from the West Bank.

Israeli PM Netanyahu announces that he will discuss in his cabinet’s session the restoration works carried out by the Islamic Waqf in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, describing the renovation work as “unlicensed building”. – Israeli Minister of Transportation, Yitzhak Levi, from the National Religious Party calls for allowing the Jews to..Read More

Two explosive devises are found in a drainage pipe near Al-Aqsa Mosque.

A judicial advisor to the Israeli government allowed Jews to pray in Al-Aqsa Mosque after coordinating with the Israeli police.

The last Friday of Ramadan, some 300,000 worshippers fill the Haram Al-Sharif compound, closely observed by 2,500 Israeli police.

In the wake of the news of the tunnel opening, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces break out in Jerusalem; Israeli forces attack protestors.

Extremist Jews enter the Dome of the Rock Mosque after an unprecedented Israeli High Court decision to allow the “Temple Mount Faithful” to observe the commemoration of the “Second Temple’s destruction”.

Some 90 Israeli settlers are allowed to enter the Al-Aqsa compound for Pessach prayers; 15 Jewish extremists are arrested when attempting to enter the compound forcefully.

10 Jewish extremists try to raid Al-Aqsa but are prevented by guards.