Status quo at Jerusalem’s holiest site under threat as Israeli nationalists flout rules

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Status quo at Jerusalem's holiest site under threat as Israeli nationalists flout rulesShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleWyre DaviesMiddle East Correspondent, Jerusalem

Reuters Muslim man prays outside the Dome of the Rock at the start of Ramadan 2025Reuters
The gold-covered Dome of the Rock dominates the al-Aqsa mosque compound
Maarten Lernout/BBC Man with small round metal framed glasses and a grey suit with a weight shirt and a little gold badge on his lapel. He is smiling in the background there is a barrier Maarten Lernout/BBC
Moshe Feiglin flouts rabbinical law by praying on the site, as well as interfaith understandings

'Multi-faith centre'

Maarten Lernout/BBC A bearded man in a grey tunic stands on a roof top in Jerusalem with the gold dome of the Al Aqsa mosque behind him Maarten Lernout/BBC
Dr Mustafa Abu Sway says changing the Status Quo is "opening a Pandora's box"

International alarm

Reuters Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir leads a group of nationalists through East Jerusalem to the al-Aqsa mosque compound on Jerusalem Day (14 May 2026)Reuters
Itamar Ben-Gvir used his ministerial office to permit Jewish prayers and songs in parts of the compound

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