Thursday, August 21, 2003

THE TEMPLE MOUNT has been reopened to non-Muslim visitors:

Temple Mount is reopened to non-Muslims for two hours a day (Ha'aretz)
By Jonathan Lis and Arnon Regular

About 350 Jewish and Christian local and foreign tourists yesterday spent two hours on the Temple Mount from 9-11 A.M., after Israeli police and the Waqf reached an informal agreement allowing non-Muslims to visit the site in the heart of the Old City.

Officially, the Waqf denied it had reached any agreement with the police, calling it a unilateral move by the police. But Israeli and Palestinian sources said that the agreement was worked out over the past few days and was the culmination of a much longer process that included Jordanian and Palestinian Authority pressure on the Waqf to allow tourists back onto the site.

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