Muslim worshipers pray outside of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 15. Maya Levin / Maya Levin for NPR "Everyone knows that Ramadan is not Ramadan without Al-Aqsa," Bisan says.

Israeli forces began deploying iron barricades around Bab al-Amoud, at the entrance to the Old City, as early as Sunday in anticipation of these events. The frequency of extremist colonizer incursions ...

The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, Islam’s third holiest site and a symbol of Palestinian identity, has become symbolic of the intensified tension between Muslims and Jews ...

Israel's ultranationalist security minister ascended to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Thursday for what he said was a "prayer" for hostages in Gaza, freshly challenging rules over ...

Israel's hardline Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir repeated a call for Jews to be allowed to pray at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, drawing sharp criticism for inflaming tensions as ceasefire ...

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 ...