Temple Mount riots

Israel reopened an ultra-sensitive holy site on July 16 closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim worshippers were refusing to enter due to new security measures including metal detectors and cameras.

Crowds chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greatest) as a number of initial visitors entered Jerusalem's Haram al-Sharif compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount.

UNESCO has officially adopted the resolution on the preservation of Palestinian cultural heritage in East Jerusalem which caused angry protests on the part of Israel, reported BNR.

The project on the resolution approved last week caused a harsh reaction on the part of Israel which stated that it is freezing its cooperation with the cultural organisation.

Israeli police said they have lifted age restrictions for the main weekly prayers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Oct. 23, for the first time in weeks.

Muslims and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound for a second straight day on Sept. 14, prompting at least three arrests, police said.

"As the police entered the compound masked youths fled inside the mosque and threw stones at the force," a police statement said.    

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş is set to attend a meeting in Morocco to discuss the Palestinian issue, at which an “action plan” on the issue of the al-Aqsa Mosque will be adopted, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said in a written statement on Nov. 12.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has contacted Palestinian leaders upon an Israeli offensive on the al-Aqsa Mosque, which was described as “nothing but barbarity to the core” by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.

A group of Israeli settlers stormed Jerusalem’s flashpoint al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Nov. 5 following clashes between Israeli police forces and Palestinians inside the complex, a Palestinian official said.
      

Israel's closure of the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound to all visitors following the shooting of a Jewish hardliner is tantamount to a "declaration of war," Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Oct. 30.      

Israel deployed police in force in Jerusalem Oct. 24  for weekly Muslim prayers and restricted access to a flashpoint mosque, after a deadly attack by a Palestinian sent tensions soaring.
      

Israeli police clashed with young Palestinian protesters demonstrating against Jews visiting the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, a spokeswoman said