Two weeks into the holy month of Ramadan, clashes broke out at a major holy site in Jerusalem the Al-Aqsa Mosque. As per a report by the PTI news agency, 117 Palestinians were wounded in the clashes.

Watch: Israel police, Palestinians clash at Al-Aqsa mosque, 117 injured

Hajjeh Nafeesa is used to frequenting al-Aqsa mosque for prayers everyday and has been doing so for the past fifty years. As it became harder for her to walk, the elderly Palestinian woman bought herself a golf cart, which she also uses to offer free rides to worshippers heading to prayers.

Need a ride to Al-Aqsa mosque? Hajjeh Nafeesa’s got you

An Israeli judge's conclusion this week that "quiet" Jewish prayer should be allowed at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, revered by Muslims and Jews, has stirred Palestinian furore over the Jerusalem flashpoint.

Israeli judge's approval of 'quiet' Jewish prayer at Al-Aqsa stirs anger

Israeli police fired stun grenades towards Palestinians who threw rocks and petrol bombs at officers outside Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque on Friday, hours after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire in Gaza.

After ceasefire, Palestinians, Israeli police clash outside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque

With accounts deleted on Twitter and content blocked on Instagram, Palestinian social media users say they have been censored from showing the reality of the unrest in Jerusalem.

Palestinians denounce 'censorship' of content by Instagram and Twitter

Jerusalem is a city under siege and not for the first time. From stories in the Bible to UN resolutions, it is a city forged in conflict. It has seen crusades, intifadas and now those faultlines have been ignited again.

Jerusalem under siege as Israelis and Palestinians clash

Palestinian protesters threw rocks and Israeli police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets in clashes outside the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Monday as Israel marked the anniversary of its capture of parts of the city in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

Violence erupts at al-Aqsa mosque as Israel marks Jerusalem Day 

The al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem has become a point of contention for Jordan amid reports the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been manoeuvring for control of Islam's holiest site.

As Israel, Saudi Arabia cool tensions, Jordan's custodianship of al-Aqsa mosque under scrutiny

September 28th marked 20 years since the start of Palestine's second Intifada. On The West Asia Post, Ghadi Francis takes a look at the history of this mass uprising and what it means for Palestinians in 2020.

THE WEST ASIA POST | A look at Palestine's second intifada

Watch this week's West Asia Post as we talk about Lebanon's growing economic crisis with an exclusive ground report from Beirut. For more such stories, keep watching the West Asia post with Ghadi Francis every Friday at 8:30 PM, only on WION.

The West Asia Post ; Episode 1

Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound reopened to Muslim worshippers and visitors on Sunday (May 31) after a two-and-a-half month coronavirus closure, but authorities imposed some precautions as health officials warned of an uptick in local infections.

Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque reopens after more than two months

Israeli security forces and Palestinian worshippers clashed at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site Sunday as overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays led to tensions there, wounding dozens of Palestinians and four police.

At least 61 Palestinians injured after clash with Israel police at Jerusalem holy site

Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers clashed at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Sunday as overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays led to tensions there, an AFP journalist reported.

Israel police, Palestinians clash at flashpoint Jerusalem holy site

A small fire broke out at a guard's booth in the courtyard at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem but was extinguished and the site remains open, authorities said Tuesday.

Fire broke out in Al-Aqsa mosque as Notre-Dame cathedral burned

Unrest at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site led Israeli police to shut off access to it on Tuesday after several weeks of tension at the location. Police said they evacuated the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, after a Molotov cocktail damaged a police post.

Israel shuts Jerusalem holy site after unrest

'Tonight, I say to the whole world and in the clearest way possible, Jerusalem was and will always be the capital of Israel,' Netanyahu said in front of thousands of concert-goers

Jerusalem will always be Israel's capital: Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel is considering breaking all contacts with UNESCO, after a resolution on the holy site in Jerusalem without referring 'Temple Mount'

Israel recalls ambassador after second UNESCO vote denying Jewish connection to Jerusalem

Israel accused the body of rejecting Jewish ties to the al-Aqsa mosque after it adopted two resolutions on East Jerusalem territories

Israel suspends cooperation with UNESCO after Jerusalem vote

Sheikh Omar Abu Sara called the Jews 'treacherous, stubborn, murderous, rude and shameless'

Israel sentences Palestinian cleric for provocative sermon against Jews

Police expelled 10 Jews from the compound for trying to pray and arrested another two. Jews are allowed to visit the compound but not pray

Jews expelled from Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on mourning day

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