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Title: | Bab al-Magharibah: Joha's Nail in the Haram al-Sharif | Authors: | Al Jubeh, Nazmi | Issue Date: | 2003 | Publisher: | Insttitute of Palestine Studies | Abstract: | Even though Israel occupied the land of Arab
Jerusalem in 1967, it was still not in full
control of key aspects of the city. Many
administrative offices of the eastern half of
the city remained under Palestinian control,
including the Islamic Awqaf, or religious
endowment, Jerusalem's churches, and some
municipal services.
Slowly, Israel has applied pressure on these
various offices in hopes of gaining rock-solid
physical sovereignty. Certainly one of the
lightening rods in this struggle for control has
been the Haram al-Sharif, or al-Aqsa Mosque
compound. The Muslim holy site has
remained a challenge to full Israeli control
nagging at the agendas of successive Israeli
governments, all of which have attempted to
break the Palestinian grip on the area. One
might say they have entered through the front
gate, using the mosque's Bab al-Magharibah
as an entry point for increased Israeli control
over the various duties of maintaining the
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Haram al-Sharif and monitoring its religious
access.
Bab al-Magharibah is located in the southern
section of al-Haram al-Sharif's western wall,1
and was used by the residents of the
Magharibah Quarter, which was demolished
by Israeli bulldozers in June 1967.2
It also
connects the Aqsa Mosque compound with
Jerusalem's southern neighbourhoods,
particularly Silwan.
It is believed that the current gate was Bab al-Magharibah - Al-Aqsa Mosque - Jerusalem Politics and government - Israel - Jerusalem |
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