ISRAEL: JERUSALEM: TEMPLE MOUNT, CLOSED SINCE AL-AQSA MOSQUE FIRE, RE-OPENED TO VISITORS.

Record ID: 399360

  • Title: ISRAEL: JERUSALEM: TEMPLE MOUNT, CLOSED SINCE AL-AQSA MOSQUE FIRE, RE-OPENED TO VISITORS.
  • Date: 20th October 1969
  • Summary: 1. GV VISITORS ARRIVE AT AL-AQSA MOSQUE 0.05 2. GV AL-AQSA MOSQUE 0.06 3. CU SIGN ON WALL OF MOSQUE 0.11 4. SV SOLDIERS AND POLICE TALKING 0.16 5. SV PEOPLE ENTERING MOSQUE (2 SHOTS) 0.27 6. SV SOLDIERS WITH RIFLES ON MOSQUE GROUND 0.30 7. GV VISITORS LOOKING AROUND (3 SHOTS) 0.43 8. GV VISITORS LEAVING DOME OF THE RO
  • Embargoed: 4th November 1969 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA2E8N1OMX3KCWLC8Y480FUHSGG
  • Story Text: THE ISRAELI AUTHORITIES, WHO BANNED VISITORS OTHER THAN MUSLIMS TO JERUSALEM'S TEMPLE MOUNT FOLLOWING THE FIRE AT THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE ON 22 AUGUST, ARE ALLOWING UNRESTRICTED VISITS TO THE AREA ONCE MORE. SECURITY FORCES ARE, HOWEVER, KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON THE AREA.

    TEMPLE MOUNT IS THE HOLY AREA OF JERUSALEM WHERE THE AL-AQSA AND DOME OF THE ROCK MOSQUES ARE SITUATED. THE AUTHORITIES CLOSED IT TO VISITORS AS A SECURITY MEASURE AFTER THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE HAS BEEN DAMAGED, THE BURNING OF WHICH INFLAMED ARAB OPINION AGAINST ISRAEL.

    AT THE ISRAELI WEEKLY CABINET SESSION ON SUNDAY (19 OCTOBER), HOWEVER, IT WAS DECIDED THAT TEMPLE MOUNT SHOULD BE RE-OPENED TO VISITORS THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT THAT SECURITY FORCES SHOULD KEEP A CLOSER WATCH ON THE AREA.

    THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT THE BAN (20 OCTOBER), AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS FROM ABROAD, AS WELL AS ISRAELIS AND CHRISTIANS LIVING IN ISRAEL, VISITED TEMPLE MOUNT, AND MANY MUSLIMS CAME TO PRAY IN THE MOSQUES.
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