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Masked Palestinians at the Temple Mount, June 28, 2016. Reuters / Ammar Awad
by Nazir Majli | Aug 1, 2017 | Middle East
Tel Aviv– Israel police, special forces, and border police are being deployed in large numbers in al-Quds to protect Israelis at the Western Wall for the fast of “Tisha B’Av”. Tisha B’Av events began Monday night and will continue until Tuesday. The fast,...
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Palestinians walk past the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem before the Friday prayer, on October 23, 2015 (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
by Nazir Majli | Aug 15, 2016 | Middle East
Tal Aviv- Sunday’s attacks on Al-Aqsa mosque on the memorial of Tisha B’Av heightened the level of tension in Eastern Jerusalem. Muslim prayers tried to defy these assaults but the Israeli police arrested dozens of Muslims and Jews and wounded 15 Palestinians;...