Hundreds of Palestinians pray outside Temple Mount, still won’t enter

Hundreds of Palestinians are praying in a parking lot belonging to the Islamic Waqf that administers the Muslim shrines on the Temple Mount.

The prayers are taking place just inside the Lions Gate to the Old City, meters from the Gate of the Tribes entrance to the holy site, as Muslim leaders continue to insist that worshipers stay out of the compound in protest, despite Israel’s removal of the metal detectors and cameras installed at the site.

The prayers end peacefully and the worshipers disperse.

— Dov Lieber

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