Dozens of Jewish extremists, escorted by police, provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Yedioth Ahronoth reports that construction companies in Israel who submit tenders to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation for the replacement of the wooden Mughrabi Gate Bridge – used by non-Muslims to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound – must sign a confidentiality clause, pledging “to maintain complete and absolute confidentiality of classified..Read More

Dozens of Jewish extremists, escorted by police, provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

At night, Israeli forces deploy metal barriers in the Damascus Gate area of the Old City, expecting large settler incursions on the Jewish holiday the next day.

Dozens of Jewish extremists, including a group of women from the so-called “Women for the Temple” organization, provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, escorted by police.

Escorted by Israeli police, dozens of Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a provocative manner, performing religious rituals.

Escorted by Israeli police, dozens of Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque in a provocative manner.

Three Palestinians are wounded in clashes with Israeli police after Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Ahead of the provocative Flag March by Jewish extremists, some 2,000 Israeli forces deploy throughout the Old City, set up checkpoints, and vacate the Damascus Gate area and nearby streets, violently forcing shop owners to close and people to leave. Clashes erupt when the March, attended by thousands, reaches Damascus..Read More

Rightwing MKs and settlement associations call for a massive Jewish storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque in response to the Israeli police’s cancellation of the “Flag March” that was scheduled for June 10.

Israeli forces detain Nufouth Hammad, 14, in Sheikh Jarrah, for painting a flag of Palestine on the faces of her colleagues during an entertainment event for Palestinian children in the neighborhood.

Escorted by police, 52 Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Escorted by police, dozens of Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Escorted by police, 91 Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

After Friday prayers, Israeli forces storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, move people from Al-Rahmeh prayer hall, and clash with worshippers, injuring at least 20 of them. They close the doors of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, arrest a number of youth and obstruct the entry of medical staff.

Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets clashed with Palestinian on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, including inside the mosque, leaving at least 215 Palestinians as well as 9 Israeli police injured.

Israel deploys large numbers of forces in Jerusalem, especially in and around the Old City, and closes the surrounding streets and roads leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque on the last Friday of Ramadan. Still, about 70,000 perform prayers on the compound.

Escorted by police, 59 Jewish extremists and 20 yeshiva students provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

About 60,000 worshipers perform the third Friday prayer of the month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, while Israeli restrictions and measures prevent numerous others from reaching the Mosque. – During the time of the fast breaking, Israeli forces re-establish the checkpoints and fences at the Damascus Gate area.

At night, Israeli forces trying to disperse Palestinians from the Damascus Gate area clash with youths, firing rubber bullets and arresting at least 8 of them. – Escorted by police, 153 Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in separate groups. – Settlers led by the extremist Yehuda Glick gather at Ribat..Read More

Israeli forces attack Palestinians celebrating the removal of roadblocks and police barriers from the Damascus Gate area, beating and pushing men, women and children and chasing them through the Old City.

Some 60,000 worshipers perform the second Friday noon prayer of Ramadan at Al-Aqsa Mosque, while Israeli roadblocks in and around Jerusalem prevent thousands of other Palestinians to reach the mosque. – In Silwan, settlers try to seize a plot of land used as a parking lot at the entrance to the..Read More

Under police escort, a group of extremist settlers from the so-called “Women for the Temple” enter the rooftop of the Khan building overlooking the Al-Aqsa Mosque. – Some 116 Jewish extremists and 65 police provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in separate groups.

Without giving a reason, Israeli authorities ban Sheikh Ekrima Sabri from traveling for a period of 4 months, by order of Israeli Minister of Interior Rabbi Aryeh Deri. – Israeli police arrest two 17-year-old Palestinians over an unprompted slapping of two ultra-Orthodox teens on the Jerusalem light rail train, which was circulated..Read More

Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces break out around the Old City after Israeli forces prevent people for the fifth consecutive day from gathering at the Damascus Gate area.

Escorted by police and led by former rightwing MK Yehuda Glick, 185 Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli police cut off the sound wires from the minarets of Al-Aqsa Mosque, preventing the evening call for prayers on the first day of Ramadan, in order to avert possible disruption of a Memorial Day ceremony that was held in the Western Wall Plaza. The move is protested by the..Read More

While some 40,000 Palestinian worshippers perform Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, many others are prevented by Israeli forces to reach the compound.

Israeli forces storm the Bab Al-Majles area adjacent to Al-Aqsa Mosque and dismantle and confiscate stand selling cold and hot drinks. – Escorted by police, 28 Jewish extremists and 25 Yeshiva students provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. – As Palestinians start their week-long “Jerusalem Shopping – Night on the Country” festival in..Read More

Escorted by police, 322 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a provocative way.

Escorted by police, 322 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups, many of whom performing prayers.

Israeli forces confiscate bulldozers and tractors from a brick factory in Wadi Al-Joz under the pretext that they were on land that is forbidden to work on.

Some 82 Jewish extremists escorted by police provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, while Israeli forces prevent Palestinian worshippers from being near the Bab Al-Rahmeh prayer hall and the eastern area of the site.

Al-Quds reports about Israeli plans to launch a project on the roofs of homes in the Old City which would leave drastic effects on its market and has concerned the Islamic Waqf since it infringes on its property. – At least 43 Jewish extremists escorted by police provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque..Read More

Israeli forces attack worshipers after the end of Friday prayers at Al-Ghazali Square near Lions Gate and arrest 5 young men.

Israeli forces suppress an event on the occasion of International Women’s Day at the At-Tur Women’s Center and arrest the director, Ikhlas Sayyad, as well as clothes designer Manal Abu Sbeitan over an exhibition of traditional Palestinian clothes and objects made by women.

99 Jewish extremists escorted by police tour Al-Aqsa Mosque in successive groups. – Israeli forces ban two young men, Munir Al-Basiti and Muhammad Sharifa, from the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings for four months.

Former rightwing MK Yehuda Glick leads a tour of 36 Jewish extremist on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Some 89 Jewish extremists enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in groups and under Israeli police protection, performing Talmudic rituals, while police evacuate Muslim worshipers from the site’s eastern area.

During Purim celebrations, 153 Jewish extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in successive groups and escorted by police, many of whom perform provocative prayers. – At some of the gates leading into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound settlers dance, sing, and drink alcohol, guarded by the police.

The Israeli High Court demands clarifications from the authorities in charge of the cable car plan to justify establishing the project in the vicinity of the Old City.

Some 28 Jewish extremists, escorted by Israeli forces, tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and perform Talmudic rituals. A group of Palestinian women is forced to leave the area of the Dome of the Rock mosque to facilitate the Jews “visit”.

Some 127 Jewish extremists enter the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in successive groups, escorted by Israeli forces.

Jewish extremists escorted by police desecrate graves in the Bab Ar-Rahmeh cemetery and then perform religious rituals near the Lions Gate.

Some 39 Jewish extremists enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection.

At least 48 Jewish extremists enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection and tour the site in a provocative manner, while police confiscate the ID cards of several Palestinian worshippers. – Israeli police arrest a Palestinian worshipper, Nizam Abu Ramz, 39, from Silwan, near the Bab Al-Rahma prayer hall..Read More

The Deputy Prime Minister and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi announces the resumption of the reconstruction and restoration process at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque as of today, a few days after Israel prevented the Islamic Waqf Department to do so.

Israeli forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound and prevent staff from repairing marble and internal struts inside the Dome of the Rock, threatening staff with arrest or banishment if they continued the maintenance works. – The Waqf Council warns of the consequences of the ongoing Israeli violations against the Al-Aqsa Mosque,..Read More

Jewish extremists tour the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and perform Talmudic rituals under heavy police protection despite the continued comprehensive lockdown.

Some 14 extremist Jews tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection despite the lockdown imposed on the holy city.

14 extremist Jews tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection and perform Talmudic rituals.

The Waqf Council warns that Israeli authorities are working to intensify their Judaization projects in the vicinity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, especially at the site of the Umayyad palaces.

The Palestinians and Jordan condemn Israeli excavations near the Buraq Wall as latest violation against Al-Aqsa Mosque contradicting international law and UNESCO decisions, calling on Israel to stop seeking to “Judaize” the Western Wall plaza and other provocations and respect the Old City’s legal and historical status quo. Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, head of the Supreme Islamic Council denounces..Read More

A group of Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection.

A group of Jewish extremists provocatively tours Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection.

Dozens of Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police protection. – Israeli forces arrest Waqf guard Issam Najib, while on duty at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Jordan condemns continued Israeli excavations at the entrance to the Al-Shuhada’ cemetery, in the eastern part of the Yusufia cemetery outside the Old City, calling on Israel to respect the sanctity of graves and shrines and to stop all violations and provocations immediately. – The Jerusalem Magistrate Court hands down..Read More

43 Jewish extremists, led by former right-wing MK Yehuda Glick, provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups under police protection.

115 Jewish extremists and yeshiva students provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police guard.

Israeli bulldozers demolish the wall of the northern part of the Yusufiya cemetery, known as the “Martyrs” cemetery, near the Old Citys’ Lion’s Gate to make way for the planned “biblical garden path”.

130 Jewish extremists and yeshiva students provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups and under police guard.

101 Jewish extremists and yeshiva students provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups and under police guard.

A group of Israeli settlers invade privately-owned Palestinian land in Silwan’s Wadi Ar-Rababa area and threaten the Palestinian landowners, pointing a gun in their faces. Israeli police force the landowners off of their land and allow the settlers to occupy the space with their construction equipment, including a bulldozer.

An Israeli settler sets fire to the Church of All Nations, also known as Gethsemane Church, before apprehended by church guards, and subsequently arrested by police.

At a meeting at the Allenby Bridge Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi tells his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi that “Israel must stop all of the moves that endanger the chance of peace with the Palestinians on the basis of a two-state solution,” calling on Israel to halt its provocative actions..Read More

25 Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and under police guard.

Fawaz Abdu is forced to demolish his house in Jabal Al Mukaber in order to avoid paying the municipality’s demolition fees. – Israeli forces demolish a historic staircase at the entrance to the Yusufiya cemetery outside the Old City walls.

In press remarks, Al-Aqsa Mosque manager Sheikh Omar Al-Kiswani warns of attempts by extremist Jewish groups, including right-wing Rabbi Yehuda Glick, to turn the Aqsa Mosque into a Jewish religious center through collecting donations and persisting in defiling its sanctity on a daily basis.

41 Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and under police guard.

A statement by the PA Foreign Ministry says Palestine and Jordan are coordinating their efforts to protect Al-Aqsa Mosque from Israeli escalations, including the continuous daily intrusions and the performance of Jewish religious rituals at the site, and calls on the international community, the UN Security Council, and UNESCO to..Read More

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemns Israel’s attempts to extend the time period for Jews to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, calling it an escalation in the aggression aimed at Judaizing Jerusalem and dividing the Noble Sanctuary.

Israel extends the period allowed for Jewish incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound by 45 minutes. The Christian Islamic Organization for Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Places calls the move a provocation.

Despite an ongoing court case, Cable Car project director Shmulik Tzabari says work will start within 2 weeks to remove existing infrastructure such as water, sewage and telecommunications. A go-ahead to uproot trees along the route was already given a week earlier.

Dozens of Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Some 47 settlers provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, while access for Muslim worshipers is restricted.

Over 100 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups.

Some 81 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a provocative way.

Some 82 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in separate groups escorted by Israeli forces.

Palestinians expel a delegation of Emirati normalizers from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after they entered the Dome of the Rock prayer hall under police guard. PA Prime Minister Shtayyeh condemns the visit, saying “Al-Aqsa Mosque should be entered through the gate of its owners, not through the gate of the..Read More

29 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound escorted by Israeli forces.

Dozens of Jewish extremists protected by Israeli forces perform religious rituals at the historic Qattaneen market leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

At least 69 Israeli extremists in addition to security forces enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Some 32 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound escorted by Israeli forces.

Israeli forces detain two residents of Jerusalem, Issam Omairah and Rafat Najib, near Lion’s gate and later ban them from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for 6 months.

A total of 124 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups escorted by Israeli forces.

In response to Israeli intentions to allow Jews to continue entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the lockdown, the Islamic Waqf Department retracts its decision to close the site to worshippers in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Israeli municipality forces storm Silwan and hand demolition and municipality summon notices to several facilities, including the Al-Qaqaa Mosque, giving residents 21 days to object to the demolition decision. – Israeli forces break into the Muslim prayer area known as Bab Ar-Rahma inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.

Israeli forces ban four Waqf employees from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for periods from 3 to 5 months.

53 Jewish extremists force their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israel forces storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and install loudspeakers on the roof of Al-Aqsa School.

Israel forces attack Al-Aqsa guards inside the Dome of the Rock and arrest three of them.

Some 52 of Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound escorted by Israeli police.

Israeli press reports that a new pit was uncovered on the southern side of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, allegedly caused by a falling floor tile due to extensive renovations by the Waqf at the site.

Some 237 Jewish extremists enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Some 85 Jewish extremists tour the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups escorted by Israeli police.

At least 43 Jewish extremists, including a group of students, tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police guard.

Some 195 Jewish extremists led by former right-wing MK Yehuda Glick force their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

At least 149 Jewish extremists, including a group of soldiers, tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police guard.

Some 193 Jewish extremists force their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Some 130 Jewish extremists and yeshiva students tour the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups escorted by Israeli police.

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.

At least 100 Jewish extremists and rabbis tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups, with some reciting Jewish prayers, while Muslim worshipers’ entry is restricted and their IDs are seized until they leave.

Israeli police forces raid Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer area at Al-Aqsa Mosque and detain three Palestinians standing at the nearby Bab Ar-Rahmeh cemetery.

Groups of Jewish extremists enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and tour the site.

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

Israeli authorities ban journalist Sondos Owais from Al-Aqsa Mosque for three months, preventing her from covering events at the holy site.

Jewish right-wing leader Yehuda Glick leads a tour of extremists on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, also performing Jewish rituals.

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

The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Council receives a notice that the Israeli police has submitted an urgent request to the Jerusalem Magistrate court to close the Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer house, giving the council until 27 July to respond.

Jordan’s Foreign Ministry condemns Israel’s decision to build an elevator connecting the Old City with Al-Buraq Wall (the Western Wall), saying it violates international law and UNESCO resolutions.

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.

Israeli police forces escort dozens of Jewish extremists into al-Aqsa Mosque where they performed provocative rituals while restrictions were tightened on Muslim worshipers entering the site. – On the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Israeli police arrest guard Abdel Karim Qa’oud as well as five women at the Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer area.

In the evening, Israeli police close the Aqsa Mosque’s Asbat (Lion’s) Gate, forcing Palestinians to leave Al-Ghazali Square outside the holy site in order to secure a march by extremists Jews carrying Israeli flags and temple mount banners.

Dozens of Jewish extremists escorted by police forces tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, while police expel Muslim worshippers from the site’s eastern area.

Dozens of Jewish extremists escorted by police forces tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups, while access for Muslim worshippers is restricted.

Scores of Jewish extremists escorted by police forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. One group loudly performs Talmudic hymns.

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 issue orders banning over 20 East Jerusalem Palestinians from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif for periods ranging from 3-6 months. – The National Library of Israel, in coordination with the British-based Arcadia Fund, has announced a major initiative to open digital access to over 2,500 rare Islamic manuscripts and..Read More

Israeli authorities issue a ban order from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif for four months to Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, Al-Aqsa Mosque Imam, head of the Islamic Higher Committee, and member of the Islamic Waqf Council.

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 expel Muslim worshipers from the Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer building at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and allow dozens of Jewish extremists to enter the site and perform rituals.

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”.

Despite the closure due to the coronavirus, dozens of Jewish extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and perform Talmudic rituals near the al-Buraq.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II, custodian of Holy Places in Jerusalem, has instructed the Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem to waive rentals of all Waqf properties in Jerusalem until the end of 2020 due to the difficult economic situation caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Israeli forces raid the home of the head of the Waqf Council of Jerusalem, Sheikh Abdul-Azim Salhab, and fine him NIS 5,000 for allowing Muslim worshipers into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound a day earlier for Friday prayers.

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

Dozens of Jewish extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in groups, many performing Talmudic rituals.

Some 48 Jewish extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police guard, with some of them performing Jewish rituals. Feb. 24: Some 39 Jewish extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in groups, many performing Talmudic rituals.

Rightwing Rabbi Yehuda Glick and scores of Jewish extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli police assault Palestinian worshipers after dawn prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque as well as at the Bab Al-Asbat and Bab Hutta areas. They also restrict the roads leading to the holy Muslim site to hinder the movement of worshipers taking part in the “Great Fajr Campaign.”

A Palestinian-owned house in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City partially collapses as a result of ongoing underground excavations by Israeli authorities and settler organizations.

Israeli authorities ban the head of the Committee for the Care of Islamic Cemeteries of the Islamic Endowments in Jerusalem, Hajj Mustafa Abu Zahra, from Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months.

Some 79 Jewish extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque under police guard, provocatively touring the holy site.

Israeli police turns back busloads of worshipers from the Galilee and the Triangle region on their way to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Friday morning prayers. Israeli police turns back busloads of worshipers from the Galilee and the Triangle region on their way to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Friday morning prayers...Read More

45 Jewish extremists enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under police guard. – Israeli police ban Aya Abu Nab from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for 4 months because of her frequent presence near or in the Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer area.

Over 40 Jewish extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque escorted by police and perform Talmudic rituals.

Israeli forces shut off access to Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif further increasing tension in the city amid the proposed Trump Administration’s “deal of the century”. – Israeli intelligence services send hundreds of SMSs to Palestinians threatening them in case of “committing any breach of law” during prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram..Read More

Some 160 Jewish extremists, including 115 yeshiva students, escorted by police tour Al-Aqsa Mosque in a provocative manner.

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.

In Beit Safafa, Israeli Jewish extremists set Al-Badriya Mosque on fire and spray racist slogans on its walls such as “death to Arabs” and “death to Palestinians”.

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.

After “Great Fajr” prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif Israeli forces violently disperse Palestinian worshippers, who march in protest against the increasing and provocative presence of Israeli extremists on the holy site. At least five Palestinians are wounded and three arrested. – Palestinians launched the “Great Fajr” prayer campaign which urges..Read More

Some 148 Israeli settlers, including 7 intelligence officers, enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the morning, performing Talmudic rituals and listening to presentations on the alleged “Temple Mount”. Meanwhile, Israeli police forces restricted entry to Palestinian worshipers.

Israeli police bans four Palestinian youths from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque for 5-6 months.

Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemns the Israeli police attacks on Palestinian worshipers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Ash-Sharif as well as the Israeli authorities’ erection of wooden poles and metal structures at the southern wall of the holy site, stressing that the Islamic Waqf Council in Jerusalem is the..Read More

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.

A Jewish extremist storms the Church of the Holy Sepulcher with a knife and terrorizes the worshipers.

Israeli authorities announce that Christians in the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas. – The Jerusalem Post reports that Jewish worshipers are able to pray on the “Temple Mount” with what appears to be the tacit consent of..Read More

The legal battle between Ateret Cohanim and Greek Orthodox Church Patriarchate takes new turn as a Jerusalem District Court judge Tamar Bar-Asher grants the Patriarchate’s request to vacate the ruling that the three properties had been legally sold to Ateret Cohanim and orders that the case be reheard. The ruling..Read More

A report issued by the Christian-Islamic Committee to Defend Jerusalem and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation shows that there have been 104 excavations under Jerusalem since 1967, including four under and around Al-Aqsa Mosque, five in Silwan, and five in the Old City. Some 57 tunnels and traces run under..Read More

Dozens of Jewish extremists march on Al-Wad Street and towards Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, chanting racist slogans and holding prayers amid an intensive deployment of Israeli forces. Some 122 Jews enter the compound and tour it escorted by Israeli police.

Ein Hanya spring near Al-Walaja, which Israel turned into an official park two years ago, but which remained closed over the dispute whether entry fees should be charged and how to prevent Palestinians from entering it, is opened for Jews only for three days during the Sukkot holiday and patrolled..Read More

Arab48.com quotes Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan as saying that soon Israel could allow Jews to freely perform their prayers inside Al-Aqsa Mosque and that “the situation in Jerusalem is heading towards regaining sovereignty and control over the place. We will reach our goal [opening Al-Aqsa gates for Jews]..Read More

On the occasion of Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year), Israel imposes a strict siege on the West Bank and deploy additional forces in Jerusalem. At least 94 Israeli extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli settlers stage a march in the Old City of Jerusalem and around Al-Aqsa Mosque to mark the Jewish New Year, provocatively singing and dancing.

Former Israeli Minister of Internal Security and Shin Bet director Avi Dichter tours the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound protected by Israeli forces and accompanied by a group of settlers.

Scores of Israeli extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Right after evening prayers, Israeli forces storm Al-Arba’in Mosque in Al-Issawiya and fire gas bombs at the worshipers, injuring at least three of them.

Israeli Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel along with scores of Jewish settlers tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

At least 56 Israeli extremist tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in groups under police protection.

Israeli forces raid Burj Al-Laqlaq center and stadium in the Old City and remove all banners put up for the Jerusalem families’ league season. – Israeli police officers desecrate the Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer area and confiscate some furniture items. – Jordan reprimands Israeli ambassador Amir Weissbrod over recent Al-Aqsa Mosque..Read More

Two 14-year old boys, Nassim Abu Roumi from Izzariyya and Jamuda Khader Sheikh from Al-Walaja, are shot near the Al-Aqsa Mosque after an alleged stabbing of an Israeli police officer that resulted in a light injury.

Clashes between Muslim worshipers and Israeli police erupt over the entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound of numerous Jews during the first day of the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Adha, which this year coincides with the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av (mourning the destruction of the two Jewish temples)...Read More

Israeli forces invade the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, assault and injure at least 37 Palestinians, including a volunteer medic, and detaining three others.

Israeli extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, protected by police forces, and attempt to perform prayers.

Some 51 Israeli extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound provoking Palestinian worshipers. – The authorities ban entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque to Malik Nabulsi, 14, for 15 days and Ihab Zaghir for a week.

Over 40 Israeli settlers, 115 governmental figures and 25 police tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a provocative manner.

Israel Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel heads a group of 42 Israeli settlers in a provocative tour of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the occupied city of Jerusalem.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry reprimands the Chilean ambassador to Israel after visiting Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is accompanied by Palestinian officials, including Jerusalem Affairs Minister Fadi Al-Hidmi, on a tour of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. – Some 59 Israeli settlers and 40 yeshiva students, escorted by the Israeli police, tour of..Read More

Some 47 Israeli extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and provocatively tour the site.

The leaders of a number of Christian denominations in Jerusalem issue an unusual joint statement criticizing the 10 June Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the alleged sale of Greek Orthodox properties to the Ateret Cohanim settler group and calling on Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Reuven Rivlin and the Israeli government..Read More

Ending a 14-year legal battle, the Supreme Court rejects the appeal of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and approves the disputed sale of three key assets belonging to the Greek Church (the Petra and Imperial hotels overlooking the Jaffa Gate plaza as well as Beit Azmiya in the Bab Al-Hutta neighborhood)..Read More

Plans to build a cable car to the Western Wall in Jerusalem pass a major stage in the approval process after the National Infrastructure Committee rejects all remaining objections to the controversial plan. The plan will now be submitted to the government for approval.

Near Lion’s Gate, Israeli forces seize a tent and fine the owner, Ibrahim Khalil from Nazareth, who set it up four days ago after he was banned entry to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Dozens of Jewish extremists accompanied by Israeli forces provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in different groups, sparking a quarrel with worshipers, three of whom are arrested.

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

For the third night in a row, Israeli police used force to evict hundreds of Muslim worshippers from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after the night prayers and prevent them from keeping an all-night worship vigil in it.

After the end of Muslim Tarawih prayers, Israeli forces storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to force out about 50 Muslim worshipers, threatening them with being banned from the site for long periods, unless they exit immediately.

Israeli forces physically assault Palestinians near the Lion’s Gate and Damascus Gate as they were on their way out of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after the Tarawih Muslim prayers.

A group of Israeli settlers attacks Sheikh Makki Mosque in Al-Qadisiyah Street in the Old City, breaking the lock and its gate for the third time in just a few months.

On the fourth day of the Jewish Pesach holiday, some 515 Israeli extremists tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under the protection of heavily armed Israeli forces. At least one large group of Jews performed religious rituals while on the site.

Israeli Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel, along with at least 170 Israeli extremists, enter the Al-Aqsa compound under armed security by Israeli forces, with some performing prayers and religious rituals. – Israeli forces detain Arafat Amro, head of the Islamic Museum for Archeology at Al-Aqsa Mosque, as he leaves the..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.

Israeli settlers seal the door of the Sheikh Makki Mosque in the Old City with adhesive substance for the third time. – Far right wing MK Oren Hazan, accompanied by settlers and armed Israeli forces, storms Al-Wad Street in the Old City, provoking and cursing Palestinian residents and shop owners...Read More

Dozens of Jewish extremists escorted by Israeli forces provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. – Israeli forces arrest the guard of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Mahmoud Najib after opening the main door of the prayer area of Bab Al-Rahma.

Israeli authorities release Fatah secretary in East Jerusalem, Shadi Mutwar, who was detained on 1 February, on condition that he is banned from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for one week.

In the Bab Ar-Rahmeh/Lion’s Gate area, Israeli forces detain an Al-Aqsa Mosque guard and a Palestinian woman and Palestinian journalist and activist, Ahmad al-Safadi.

After Friday prayers, Palestinian youth climb on top of the Bab Ar-Rahmeh building on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and raise Palestinian flags. Some tear down the doors of the building despite the Waqf’s calls for civility.

Attorney Avraham Moshe Segal from the right-wing Regavim organization sends a pre-petition warning letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu and Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit asking the government to take immediate action “to prevent the construction of the mosque and the continuous use by the Muslim Waqf and/or Muslim worshippers of the..Read More

Israeli forces detain an employee of the Waqf Fire Department Imad Abdeen, while at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. – Israeli settlers spread adhesive substance on the lock of the door of the Sheikh Makki Mosque in the Old City.

Dozens of Palestinians, who were banned entry into the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli authorities, perform Friday prayers at the Lions Gate in protest. – Israeli forces raid the home of Al-Aqsa Mosque guard Fadi Alayyan in Issawiya and detain him.

Israeli forces detain a guard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Mohannad Idrees, as he is leaving the site. – Dozens of Israeli extremists gather around Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the Bab Ar-Rahmeh cemetery and Lion’s Gate, dancing, chanting anti-Arab slogans, and raising Israeli flags.

Waqf Council member Adnan Husseini, a former PA Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, and a PLO Executive Committee member, is summoned for questioning by Israeli police. – Israel’ Public Prosecution demands the Israeli Magistrate Court to issue an order extending the closure period of the Bab Ar-Rahmeh prayer area.

Following heavy rain, a field used as playground collapses mainly due to the continuous Israeli excavations in the area, building tunnels leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound from its western side.

Israeli police detain and ban a Palestinian fireman from the Waqf Department, Imad Abdeen, from entering the Bab Ar-Rahmeh area inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli Minister of Agriculture, Uri Ariel, heads a group of Israeli settlers touring the Al-Aqsa compound under armed security by Israeli forces. – An Israeli settler spray paints racist, anti-Arab slogans, on the Bab Ar-Rahmeh and is taken for interrogation by Israeli police.

Israeli forces detain one of the civilian guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Samer al-Qabbani, as well as the secretary of Fateh Movement in Jerusalem, and the head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society’s, Nasser Qous. At least 50 other Palestinians are arrested in several of the city’s neighborhoods.

Dozens of Palestinians hold zuhr (noon) and evening prayers at the Bab Ar-Rahmeh (Gate of Mercy) area inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in protest against the Israeli seal off of the area for Muslim worshipers and in order to demonstrate that Al-Aqsa Mosque compound symbolizes Palestinian faith and identity as..Read More

Hours after sealing it, Israeli police forces remove locks and chains off Bab Ar-Rahmeh. – Israeli forces assault Palestinian worshipers following sunset prayers near the Bab Ar-Rahmeh area inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and detain at least 22 of them. Israeli forces surround the compound, completely preventing entry to worshipers...Read More

Israeli forces evict the family of Hatem Abu Asab from their home of over 65 years in the Old City after Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that it was built on land that allegedly belongs to Israeli settler groups under the “Absentee Property Law”. Israeli forces physically assault family members and..Read More

An Israeli court sentences the Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Walid Seyam, to one week house arrest after he was detained from his house in the Old City.

Some 55 Israeli extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under heavy protection from Israeli forces, with some performing religious rituals.

Seven Palestinian women from Jerusalem are detained upon leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and later released with some being banned from entering the site for two weeks and others yet having to sit trial.

Israeli Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan, signs an order to extend the closure of the Orient House as well as several other Palestinian institutions in occupied East Jerusalem, including the East Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce, the Higher Council for the Arab Tourism Industry and the Center for Palestinian Studies. –..Read More

Escorted by other Israeli settlers, Israeli ultra-Orthodox MK Yehuda Glick performs and films a wedding ritual inside the compound alongside his fiancée – in violation of standing rules. – Over 40 Israeli extremists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under heavy protection from Israeli forces and perform religious rituals and prayers at..Read More

Some 41 Israeli settlers and 85 Israeli police forces storm the Dome of the Rock Mosque on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, with some of them entering into the women’s prayer space, while women were worshipping.

Jewish groups tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a provocative manner, escorted by Israeli forces. – Israeli authorities expel five guards from Al-Aqsa Mosque for periods ranging from four to six months.

Israeli authorities ban five employees of the Waqf Department and one activist from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for periods ranging from four to six months.

The Israeli High Court of Justice orders the government to justify the partial closure of sections of the “City of David National Park” in Silwan on Saturdays, holidays and evenings – unlike regulations for all other national parks in the country – in what critics say blocks Palestinian residents’ access..Read More

After Al-Aqsa guards refuse to allow an Israeli policeman to enter the Dome of the Rock wearing a kippah fearing he was going to perform religious rituals inside, Israeli police forces heavily deploy across the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, preventing hundreds of worshipers from performing prayers. Forces also close the doors..Read More

Over 100 Israeli extremists provocatively tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and enact Talmudic rituals.

Israeli Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, accompanied by dozens of settlers, provocatively tours Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Israeli TV reports indicate that Israel’s new mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Lion intends to push for the city’s mosque loudspeakers to broadcast at a lower volume during the call to prayer and allow police to reduce the volume if they are deemed to be too loud. – Some 170 Israeli..Read More

Jewish settlers attack the Silsian Monastery and the Monastery of Jamal by desecrating the graves and symbols inside the cemetery.

Thousands of settlers storm Al-Aqsa, including right-wing Member of the Knesset Yehuda Glick, to mark the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’Av which commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temple

Israeli occupation police set up a new watchtower at the Bab Al-Rahma entrance to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Monastery of the Holy Trinity in the Old City of Jerusalem is attacked.

Israeli authorities assault Christian worshippers participating in the Palm Sunday march in Jerusalem.

Extremist MK Yehuda Glick performed Talmudic rituals in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque along with a group of settlers and protected by police.

Some 74 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and were allowed to freely roam around the area and carry out Talmudic rituals protected by Israeli forces.

The Stephanos Church in West Jerusalem is attacked by vandals.

Some 160 extremist Israeli settlers raid Al-Aqsa Mosque while 180 Palestinian employees are prevented from carrying out their work in the holy site.

Al-Aqsa is opened to only men over 50 and women at Friday prayers. Consequently, a day of further clashes follows in Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethlehem, Qalqilya and Gaza left hundreds injured and two dead.

Israel removed metal detectors from Al-Aqsa gates after sparking outrage from Muslims across the world. However, newly installed CCTV cameras remain in the compound, violating the status quo

Al-Aqsa Mosque was closed and Friday prayers were prohibited for the first time since 1969. It was reopened two days later.

The Israeli cabinet holds a weekly meeting in a tunnel underneath Al-Aqsa Mosque to mark, according to Prime Minister Netanyahu, “the liberation and unification of Jerusalem.”

Israeli excavations being carried out under the Al-Aqsa compound have caused damages to its foundations and surroundings and sinkholes in adjacent Silwan.

Employees of Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority escorted by Israeli forces raid the Bab Al-Rahma cemetery and install a sign forbidding burial in parts of the cemetery, claiming it as a national park. Israeli forces allowed hundreds of extremist Jews to intrude the compound barefoot. Israeli forces obstructed repeatedly the..Read More

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.

Jewish extremists write racist anti-Christian slogans on the walls of the Dormition Abbey.

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.

The leader of the far right Lehava organization, Bentzi Gopstein, calls for burning churches claiming the Torah’s directives are to do so.

In a “price tag” attack, Jewish extremists set fire to a Church on Mount Zion and write slogans insulting to Christ.

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.

Israeli troops and police raid Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and forcefully disperse Palestinian worshipers and protesters ahead of a Knesset debate on a plan to annex the compound. – A Knesset debate called by right-wingers under MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud) discusses for the first ever time whether Israel should wrest control..Read More

Israeli police detain six Palestinians from Jerusalem as they leave Al-Aqsa Mosque, following clashes that were triggered by the visit of Israeli MK Moshe Feiglin three days ear­lier.

Right-wing Israeli Housing Minister Uri Ariel tours Al-Aqsa Mosque compound un­der armed guard and accompanied by 27 rightist settlers.

Israeli settlers escorted by the Israeli forces tour Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and try to raise the Israeli flag at the site.

A group of 33 Israeli rightists led by extremist leader Yehuda Glick and accompanied by Israeli forces tour Al-Aqsa compound. Another 13 Israelis also roam around the com­pound.

A group of around 25 right-wing Israelis led by US-born Jewish extremist Yehuda Glick tour Al-Aqsa compound, while, Palestinian guide Ehab Al-Jallad is detained by Israeli police while touring the compound with a group of students.

A group of over 50 newly recruited Israeli soldiers tour Al-Aqsa Mosque, escorted by Israeli police officers. – A group of 17 rightist Israelis enter Al-Aqsa compound, led by extremist lawyer Yehuda Glick. – A group of Israeli intelligence officers tour Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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

Israeli settlers escorted by Israeli forces tour Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage reports that Israeli authorities have started new excavations under the Al-Aqsa compound, specifically under the Chain Gate on the western side.

Israeli police storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and fire tear gas grenades towards worshippers.

Israeli forces escort 26 Jews onto Al-Aqsa compound to perform religious rituals near the Golden Gate in order to mark the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, assaulting a number of Palestinian worshipers which triggered clashes. – In a separate incident, 35 members of Israeli intelligence, escorted by police, enter Al-Aqsa compound..Read More

Around 80 Israeli security forces enter Al-Aqsa compound and toured the area.

Israeli forces and right-wingers enter Al-Aqsa Mosque and tour the compound.

The Habayit Hayehudi faction together with the Religious Services Ministry promoted a legislation in the Knesset which would allow Jews to openly pray on the “Temple Mount,” for the first time since the site was liberated in 1967.

Israeli rightists tour Al-Aqsa compound escorted by Israeli police. One Jewish extremist, recently been banned from entering the compound, tries to enter the area to pray, but is stopped by Israeli forces.

Dozens of Israeli forces including a group of 80 female soldiers, over 30 Israeli intelligence officers, and six rightist Israelis enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, listen to a lecture and visit the site.

Some 26 Israeli rightists escorted by Israeli forces enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in small groups via Al-Mughrabi Gate and are met by angry Palestiniian worshippers.

Israeli police close Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to non-Muslim visitors, citing security concerns.

Over 300 Israeli rightists enter Al-Aqsa compound in four groups via the Mughrabi Gate under heavy armed guard and tour the area.

Dozens of Israeli rightists enter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound under heavy police guard, touring the area and performing religious rituals. Head of the Islamic Higher Commission, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, warns that incursions by Jewish extremists confirm Israeli ambitions to create a situation like in Hebron, while the PA Foreign Ministry condemn..Read More

Palestinians clash with Israeli forces after Jewish rightists enter Al-Aqsa compound. Israeli police use pepper spray, arrest several worshippers, close all gates leading to the mosque and prevent worshipers under 50 from entering. – Israeli police prevents some 16 busloads of Muslim worshipers from reaching Al-Aqsa compound amid fears of..Read More

Around 70 Jewish extremists, accompanied by Israeli forces, tour Al-Aqsa compound, entering also Al-Al-Qibli Mosque, the Dome of the Rock, and Al-Marwani Mosque.

During a Knesset committee debate regarding the government’s policies on Al-Aqsa compound, the chair of the committee, MK Miri Regev (Likud) urged Israeli security officials to permit Jewish prayer on the “Temple Mount” during this year’s High Holidays (Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur).

During an event hosted by the right-wing ‘Americans for a Safe Israel’, MK Moshe Feiglin reportedly promises that he “will not let Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu alone” until the issue of the right of Jews to pray on Al-Aqsa compound is taken care of. Earlier in the month, Feiglin had called..Read More

Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin (Likud) tours Al-Aqsa compound accompanied by journalists.

Tens of thousands of worshipers head to Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first Friday prayers of this year’s Ramadan.

An estimated 155,000 Muslims worship at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the second Friday of Ramadan, with more than 3,000 Israeli police deployed in the Old City. Some 200 buses of worshipers arrived at the mosque from around Israel.

Due to pressure from Jordan after a series of provocative visits of Israeli rightists of the Al-Aqsa compound, Israeli police closed Al-Mughrabi Gate leading to the compound.

At least 180 Israelis, including 18 Rabbi’s, enter Al-Aqsa compound through Al-Mughrabi Gate and tour the area under Israeli police guard, protested by Palestinian worshippers.

Over 130 Israelis enter Al-Aqsa compound taunting Palestinian worshippers and chanting “Al-Aqsa will be destroyed,” “The temple is coming soon,” and “Soon Al-Aqsa will be in our hands,” as they tour the compound.

Addressing a right-wing conference in the West Bank, Housing Minister Uri Ariel (Likud Beiteinu) calls for the rebuilding of the Temple on Al-Aqsa compound, stating: “We’ve built many little, little temples but we need to build a real Temple on the Temple Mount.”

Two Israeli officers raid Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in an attempt to disrupt restorations inside the mosque, also detaining a guard.

After Israel granted access to right-wingers at Al-Aqsa compound, Palestinians stage protests in the Old City calling for the protection of Al-Aqsa.

Nakba Day: Palestinian clash with Israeli forces at Al-Aqsa Moue and other places as dozens of Israeli right-wingers, escorted by Israeli soldiers, raid Al-Aqsa Mosque compound through the Moroccan gate.

Around 60 right-wing Israelis, accompanied by Israeli security forces, enter Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Mughrabi Gate and tour the compound.

Jordan’s King Abdullah II signs an agreement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas which reiterates Jordan’s role as custodian of the holy sites in Jerusalem and that the King’s right to exert all legal efforts to preserve them, especially Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Six Palestinians are injured by Israeli forces preventing worshipers from praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Thousands of Palestinians had to perform prayers in the streets outside Al-Aqsa compound – Israeli police arrest Palestinian worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque during a visit by Jewish rightists.

A group of settlers enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and perform religious rituals under heavy Israeli guard. – Sheikh Najih Bkeirat, director of Al-Aqsa Mosque, warns that Israel forces are tightening restrictions on the compound and have seized the keys to the Moroccan Gate to allow access to extremist Jewish..Read More

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.

Jewish extremists write slogans insulting Christians on the walls of the Greek Orthodox monastery near Sakher Park.

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

Right-wing MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union party) submits to the Knesset a draft bill that calls for allowing Jews freedom to worship in the Al-Aqsa Mosque on specific days, while Muslims would be free to worship at other days, a situation similar to the practice at the Ibrahimi Mosque in..Read More

A group of settlers spray insulting slogans and threats at the Orthodox monastery of the crucifixion in Jerusalem and damage two of its vehicles.

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.

In a “price tag” attack, Jewish extremist write racist slogans on the walls of the Baptist Church in West Jerusalem and puncture the tires of three cars belonging to the church.

Israeli police close access to the Al-Aqsa compound for fear of unrest after leaflets were distributed around the city by far right MK Moshe Feiglin calling for the removal of “Israel’s enemies” from the site.

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

In a recent meeting, the UNESCO executive board has expressed “deep concern” over “ongoing Israeli excavations and archaeological works” at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City.

An Israeli court bans 12 Palestinians residents of Israel from the Al-Aqsa Mosque on suspicion that they were planning to carry out riots.

The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage says Israel is expanding the tunnel network under Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, digging on the northern and southern sides of the mosque, and extending digs to the west of the compound for more than 600 meters.

Israeli police detain PLC member Sheikh Hamed Al-Betawi on his way to prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque.