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waqf
Muslim Waqf opposes expanded egalitarian prayer area at Western Wall
Jewish Journal
February 8, 2016
The Waqf, the Islamic trust that oversees the Temple Mount, says it opposes an expanded egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall.
Jordan to send ambassador back to Israel as tensions ease
Jewish Journal
February 2, 2015
Jordan will return its ambassador to Israel, the government said on Monday, three months after withdrawing the envoy in protest at Israeli restrictions on access to Jerusalem\’s Al Aqsa mosque.
Israeli lawmaker Moshe Feiglin removed from Temple Mount
Jewish Journal
March 4, 2013
Moshe Feiglin, a Knesset member from the Likud-Beiteinu Party, was prevented from entering the Dome of the Rock and then removed from the Temple Mount.
No one cares about ravaging of Temple Mount
Hershel Shanks
September 21, 2007
It\’s an old/new story. For the past 35 years, the Muslim religious authority known as the Waqf, to which Israel has given custody of the Temple Mount, has been periodically digging it up — illegally. (That\’s the Israel Supreme Court\’s characterization.)
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