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Thousands of Palestinians Enter Closed Site on Temple Mount in Jerusalem
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Thousands of Palestinians chanting "Allahu Akbar" entered the Golden Gate area of the Temple Mount on Friday. Israel had closed the site in 2003 after Palestinian activists affiliated with Hamas and members of the Islamic Movement in Israel - Northern Branch opened offices there to carry out political activities on the Temple Mount. At the time, Jordan's Wakf Department, which manages the Temple Mount, was not pleased with what was going on at the Golden Gate site, said Shalom Goldstein, former Arab affairs adviser to the mayor of Jerusalem. Sheikh Abdel Azim Salhab, chairman of the Wakf administration, praised the Palestinians who forced their way into the site, saying that the Wakf was now preparing to renovate the area to allow Muslims to pray there on a daily basis.