1. In the mosque compound, families are crammed into school classrooms and closets. 2. It is a centuries-old mosque compound that Israel controls, but where it cedes day-to-day management to Palestinian Muslim leaders. 3. Israeli police eventually stormed and re-took the area, and the holy mosque compound. 4. It would also give Palestinians control of the mosque compound that is the most sacred site in Judaism. 5. Several hundred Israeli police then rushed into the mosque compound, carrying riot shields, helmets, batons and assault rifles. 6. Sharon did not head toward the sacred hilltop mosque compound Wednesday, but stayed at the base of the Wall, the customary Jewish prayer spot. 7. Still, the firepower was less than the live ammunition used in clashes on the mosque compound last year. 8. That would include the Haram ash-Sharif mosque compound in the ancient Old City, which is also the most sacred site in Jerusalem. 9. The Palestinians were accompanying the coffin of Faisal Husseini, the most senior Palestinian official in Jerusalem, to burial inside the Aksa mosque compound in the Old City. 10. The Palestinians were accompanying the coffin of Faisal Husseini, the senior Palestinian official in Jerusalem, to burial inside al-Aksa mosque compound in the Old City. |