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Israel is racing to annex occupied Palestinian lands through a systematic plan that involves seizing religious, cultural and ...

At Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest site and a place at the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Muslims do so much more than pray. It is a place where they seek reprieve from the daily ...

Palestinian Authority Arabs pray during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque in the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City on April 15, 2022. No decision has yet been made by ...

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., has condemned video game giant Steam for allowing sales of a game that lets players control a Palestinian as they slay Jewish Israelis. The 2022 game, “Fursan al-Aqsa: The ...

JERUSALEM – The Muslim holy month of Ramadan arrived Monday with no news of a cease-fire in Gaza, raising further concerns about tensions spreading to Jerusalem, where the Al-Aqsa mosque sits at the ...

TEL AVIV, Israel – The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is always a period of heightened tensions around Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, as hundreds of thousands of worshipers line up to enter one of Islam's ...

Muslim access to the mosque compound has long been a point of contention as Israel has exerted tighter control. By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Jerusalem’s Old City As the sermon about the Muslim ...

JERUSALEM — At 7 a.m. every weekday, the large green doors of the mosque at the Al-Aqsa compound, usually wide open, close with a bang as Palestinian worshippers shutter themselves inside. Israeli ...

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