The violence that spread from Jerusalem to cities across Israel and the Palestinian territories, leaving at least 60 dead so far, has both historical and contemporary roots. In recent weeks, tension ...

Fire works let off during Laylat al-Qadr, as many people stand and watch in front of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2022. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images ...

The military wing of Hamas, Al-Qassam Brigades, described Saturday’s surprise assault on Israel as an operation “in defense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” invoking a dispute around a site that is sacred to ...

Palestinians walking past the Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday. (Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) The golden domed Al Aqsa Mosque sits in the heart of ...

An edited video from April of Muslims gathering for prayer at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque has been falsely claimed to show Palestinians chanting “Here I am Aqsa” in protest after the Palestinian ...

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 ...

Israeli police raided the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem for the second time in two straight nights on Wednesday, with Palestinians who were worshipping barricading themselves inside and Israeli ...

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 ...

A total of 476 settlers stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque today, Sunday, conducting provocative tours and performing Talmudic rituals under heavy protection from the Israeli police.

JERUSALEM — Violence resumed for a second straight night in Jerusalem on Wednesday when Palestinian worshippers barricaded themselves inside Al-Aqsa Mosque at the Old City’s sensitive compound and ...

SOON after early-morning prayers at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque one day last week, flames burst from the ceiling beneath its famed silver dome. For three hours, the fire raged, destroying part of the ...

In the latest in a series of provocations, Itamar Ben-Gvir agreed that a new synagogue should be built at the site, which Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims know as the Aqsa Mosque complex. By ...