Muslim worshippers and Palestinian families break their fast during Ramadan at the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, on April 3. Samar Hazboun for NPR hide caption ...

Muslim worshippers and Palestinian families break their fast during Ramadan at the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, on April 3. Samar Hazboun / Samar Hazboun for NPR.

Israeli forces entered the site early in the mornings during Ramadan last year in order to secure the site for Jewish visitors, pushing Arabs at the site into al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock ...

Bassam al-Hallaq, an architect who has worked at Al Aqsa Mosque for more than 40 years, overseeing artisans and workers, ... Outside, in the courtyard next to the Dome of the Rock, ...

Jerusalem's Old City, with Dome of the Rock shrine in Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, closed to worshippers after Israel banned gatherings after Israeli strike on Iran, 13.06.2025.

Amid the ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip and Israel’s conflict with Iran, Israel is exploiting the region’s ...

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 ...

The Western Wall is one of the most sacred and contested religious sites in the world. Originally a retaining wall for the Second Temple, it has become a focal point of Jewish prayer and identity. But ...

The compound consists of large open courtyards as well as the Al Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock. The mosque and dome are built on top of the site where Jews believe their first and second ...

A view of Jerusalem's Old City, with the Dome of the Rock shrine in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which has been closed to ...

A view of the Dome of the rock in the Al Aqsa compound with the old city of Jerusalem behind it on March 21, 2024. "This is Yahya Sinwar's dream, to unite arenas," he says, referring to the Hamas ...