Both Jewish and Muslim worshipers will be prohibited from visiting the site “until further notice,” Israel’s public security minister said. The closure of Al-Aqsa, Islam’s third holiest site, followed the shooting of a right-wing Jewish activist, Yehuda Glick, on Wednesday. Glick had advocated for greater Jewish access to the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism where Al-Aqsa sits, along with the much revered Dome of the Rock. For the first time since 1967, Alaqsa is completely closed! no one is allowed in! pic.twitter.com/qY8sSOhFKp — Ⓐhmad (@ANimer) October 30, 2014 The Americna-born Glick was shot three times by an...
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