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Sunday, July 22, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, July 22, 2018
PA urges action over Jewish visits to Temple Mount
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA spokesman for the Palestinian Authority government calls on the international community on Sunday to take immediate action “to protect the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” hours after hundreds of Jews visit the Temple Mount.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque is located on the Temple Mount, a site holy to both Judaism and Islam. The day saw large numbers of Jews visit the site to mark Tisha B’Av, which commemorates the destruction of the Jewish temples.
“Today is a dark day in the history of Jerusalem and Palestine,” Yousif Mahmoud, the spokesman, says in a statement published on Wafa, the official PA news agency.
— Adam Rasgon
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