Questions remain about access to the main Islamic congregational mosque in the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City as Palestinians see the site as essential to their identity.

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 ...

For Muslims, Al Aqsa is the third holiest site in Islam. And for Palestinians, it is a potent symbol for the broader Palestinian cause, embraced by Palestinian Muslims and Christians alike.

Violence broke out at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City overnight after Israeli police stormed the sensitive compound, fueling fear that already-high tension in the heart of the Middle ...

On the grounds of the Al-Aqsa complex, one of the most revered places in Islam and Judaism, a delicate balance that governs this holy site is under strain.

The Temple Mount or al-Aqsa Mosque compound lies at the heart of the struggle between Israelis and Palestinians over Jerusalem. Israeli forces raided the site during Ramadan.

Israeli settler incursions at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound have increased by more than 18,000 percent since 2003 when Israeli authorities began allowing settlers to bypass the Islamic Waqf management ...

Israel placed restrictions on the number of Palestinian worshippers able to visit occupied East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers for a second week in a row.. Amid hostilities with ...

The golden domed Al Aqsa Mosque sits in the heart of Jerusalem's walled city, on one of the most fought-over spaces of land in the world. The mosque is located on the site known as the Noble ...

Muslim worshippers attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan, in Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad.

Al-Aqsa tensions are a political, not a security issue - expert "Israel should have come and said 'The place is ours, the city is ours, this is the site of our Temple,'" stresses Dr. Mordechai Kedar.