Israel on Wednesday dismantled a newly erected wooden access ramp to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound that would have increased access for **n-Muslims but angered Jordan, an AFP correspondent said. The half-built structure was erected by Israel in the midst of its conflict with Gaza in early August, triggering outrage from Jordan, which overseas Muslim heritage sites in Jerusalem. It ran alongside a bigger wooden structure -- the Mughrabi ramp -- that leads from the Western Wall plaza up to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.
09-19-2014, 07:04 PM
Israel dismantles provocative new Al-Aqsa ramp
Israel on Wednesday dismantled a newly erected wooden access ramp to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound that would have increased access for **n-Muslims but angered Jordan, an AFP correspondent said. The half-built structure was erected by Israel in the midst of its conflict with Gaza in early August, triggering outrage from Jordan, which overseas Muslim heritage sites in Jerusalem. It ran alongside a bigger wooden structure -- the Mughrabi ramp -- that leads from the Western Wall plaza up to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.
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