A Concise History of the Middle East by Arthur Goldschmidt Jr

Author:Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. [Goldschmidt Jr., Arthur; Boum, Aomar]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780813349633
Publisher: Westview Press

A New Arab-Jewish Clash

Any such hopes were dashed by the 1929 Wailing Wall incident. The issues were complex. The Wailing Wall (more properly called the Western Wall) is a remnant of the Jewish Second Temple and an object of veneration to most Jews (see Figure 15.1). To some it symbolizes the hope that someday the temple will be rebuilt and the ancient Jewish rituals revived. However, the Western Wall also forms part of the enclosure surrounding the historic Temple Mount or Sacred Enclosure (al-Haram al-Sharif in Arabic), on which stand the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque, pilgrimage centers almost as important for Muslims as Mecca and Medina. Legally, it had been a waqf since the time of Salah al-Din. Muslims feared that Jewish actions before the Western Wall could lead to their pressing a claim to the Temple Mount.

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