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Aysha Abraibesh leads a chant while pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators block traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge on February 14, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 24, 2026, 9:00 am
Protesters sentenced for blocking Golden Gate Bridge in 2024 over Gaza war
7 defendants given 30 days, with time served, as California judge says that civil disobedience should be respected, but offenders must be ‘prepared to accept the consequences’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Aysha Abraibesh leads a chant while pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators block traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge on February 14, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
July 3, 2026, 10:54 am
Anti-Israel activists convicted of misdemeanor charges in 2024 Golden Gate Bridge protest
Jury deadlocked on more serious charge of felony conspiracy over blockage of throughfare in protest against Israeli war in Gaza; seven activists face up to 5 years in prison
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Aysha Abraibesh leads a chant while pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators block traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge on February 14, 2024, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 14, 2024, 8:37 am
San Francisco indicts 26 anti-Israel protesters who blocked Golden Gate Bridge
US prosecutors charge protesters with series of offenses after people were stuck on bridge for hours in April, some missing key medical appointments
By AP and ToI Staff
A fire rages in a police post on Jerusalem's Temple Mount after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at it on March 12, 2019. (Ir Amim)
March 24, 2019, 7:05 pm
Jerusalem teens indicted for firebombing police on Temple Mount
Suspects charged with throwing Molotov cocktail, shooting fireworks at cops earlier this month amid soaring tensions over sacred site
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Israeli security forces at the scene of a deadly attack near the Gitia junction in the West Bank, on March 17, 2019. (Flash90)
March 18, 2019, 12:27 am
Sunday’s deadly attack underlines relentless rise in West Bank terror attempts
Hamas is doing its best to foment terror in the West Bank, in part to distract attention from Gaza, in part to hurt the PA
By Avi Issacharoff
Border Police officers secure one of the entrances of the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem after closing the access to the site on March 12, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
March 12, 2019, 2:09 pm
Temple Mount shuttered after firebomb thrown at police post
Cop suffers smoke inhalation; Abbas warns of ‘serious repercussions’ amid soaring tensions over access to shuttered mosque
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Israeli security forces stand guard in front of the Golden Gate, also known as the Gate of Mercy, during a visit to the site by a group of religious Jews to the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on March 7, 2019. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
March 8, 2019, 6:16 am
Israeli forces gird for fresh violence as tensions mount in Jerusalem, Gaza
Hamas calls for ‘day of rage’ amid dispute over contested area near Gate of Mercy on Temple Mount; troops deploy along border of Strip after week of increased fighting
By ToI Staff
Palestinians take part in Friday prayers outside the Golden Gate, or Gate of Mercy entrance to the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City, on March 1, 2019. (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
March 6, 2019, 10:49 pm
Israel, Jordan said holding talks to end conflict at Temple Mount gate
Senior officials, among them the head Israel’s National Security Council, working to defuse tensions ahead of Friday prayers
By ToI Staff
Palestinian demonstrators break open the locked entrance to the Gate of Mercy compound outside the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, February 18, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
March 5, 2019, 10:05 pm
Waqf rejects Israeli court order to shutter Temple Mount’s Gate of Mercy
Islamic trust wants site open for Muslim worshipers, ban on officials revoked, despite Israel’s ultimatum to close troubled area by Monday, setting up possible showdown
By AP and ToI Staff
Palestinians worshipers gather before Friday noon prayers at the premises of the Golden Gate on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on February 22, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 24, 2019, 11:47 am
Palestinians celebrate victory after Israel capitulates, again, on Temple Mount
As in the 2017 metal detector controversy, Jordan and the Palestinian factions have made a significant achievement, taking over the Gate of Mercy after 15 years
By Avi Issacharoff
Palestinians worshipers gather before Friday noon prayers at the premises of the Golden Gate on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on February 22, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 24, 2019, 10:37 am
Israel briefly detains top Waqf official over Temple Mount protests
Cleric reportedly banned from entering site for a week; Jordan-controlled body overseeing Muslim holy sites takes on new activist Palestinian members, launches protests
By ToI Staff
Palestinian worshipers gather before Friday noon prayers at the premises of the Golden Gate in al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, on February 22, 2019 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
February 23, 2019, 5:06 pm
Report: Temple Mount section sealed since 2003 reopened to Palestinians
MK Ahmad Tibi visits compound, calls for full Muslim control at Al-Aqsa and the barring of ‘settlers and Jewish politicians from the right’
By ToI Staff and AP
Palestinians worshipers gather before Friday noon prayers at the premises of the Golden Gate on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on February 22, 2019. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
February 22, 2019, 6:01 pm
Thousands of Palestinians break into closed off Temple Mount section
Worshipers burst into area shuttered by Israeli police in 2003 for Friday prayers, but eventually disperse peacefully
By AP and ToI Staff
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