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Police Halt Non-Muslim Visits to Temple Mount
(Jerusalem Post) Etgar Lefkovits - Jerusalem police on Wednesday abruptly suspended the limited visits of non-Muslims to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, just weeks after the ancient site was partially reopened to Jewish and Christian visitors for the first time in nearly three years. Over the last month, more than 400 Jewish and Christian visitors visited the Mount under police escort. The sudden closure came on the day ADL national director Abraham Foxman was due to visit the site. "It is sad and offensive for the Palestinians to continue to fuel the myth that the Jewish people has no stake, history, or interest in the holy site that is the cradle of Jewish faith," Foxman said Wednesday.