During the 1990s, additional attempts were made for Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, which were stopped by Israeli police. The Israeli Chief Rabbinate also declared a religious holiday on the anniversary, called "Yom Yerushalayim" (Jerusalem Day), which became a national holiday to commemorate the reunification of Jerusalem. Two twin gates follow south of the Ablution Gate, the Tranquility Gate and the Gate of the Chain: A twelfth gate still open during Ottoman rule is now closed to the public: East of and joined to the triple gate passageway is a large vaulted area, supporting the southeastern corner of the Temple Mount platform which is substantially above the bedrock at this point the vaulted chambers here are popularly referred to as Solomon's Stables. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. [174]Knauf argued that the Temple Mount already served as the cultic and governmental center of Jerusalem as early as in the Late Bronze Age. News", "Tourism Min. On the southern and eastern sides the walls are visible almost to their full height. [221] The Temple Mount remains, under the terms of the 1994 IsraelJordan peace treaty, under Jordanian custodianship. xxi. The Israeli police work with the Islamic Waqf to provide safe entrance at specific times during the day for non-Muslims to tour the Temple Mount. ", Yehia Hassan Wazeri THE FARTHEST MOSQUE OR THE ALLEGED TEMPLE AN ANALYTIC STUDY, Journal of Islamic Architecture Volume 2 Issue 3 June 2013, The blessed Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, which is mentioned in the Ever Glorious Qur'an (in Sura Al-Isra'), is the blessed spot that is now called Al-Haram Al-Qudsi and is surrounded by the great wall along with the buildings and monuments that have been built on it, on top of which is Al-Masjid Al-Qibli (covered Masjid) and the Dome of the Rock., Omran M. Hassan, A Graphical Vision of Aesthetics of Al-Quds Architecture through the Digital Technology, International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. Jewish attitudes towards entering the site vary. The southern section of the western flank is revealed and contains what is known as the Western Wall. He achieved this by constructing huge buttress walls and vaults, and filling the necessary sections with earth and rubble. [87][90] Israel froze all ties with UNESCO. In: A.G. Vaughn and A.E. In an article in the Saudi news outlet Okaz, Yamani claims that the mosque is actually located in Al Ju'ranah, near Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Herod leveled the area by cutting away rock on the northwest side and raising the sloping ground to the south. The Eschatological Role of the Jerusalem Temple: An Examination of the Jewish Writings Dating from 586 BCE to 70 CE. After Sharon and the Likud Party members left, a demonstration erupted and Palestinians on the grounds of the Haram al-Sharif began throwing stones and other projectiles at Israeli riot police. Indeed, Muslims declare that the site was built as a mosque since Adam and Eve. [309] A few days later, a portion of retaining wall, supporting the earthen ramp that led from the Western Wall plaza to the Gate of the Moors on the Temple Mount, collapsed. Non-Muslims who are observed praying on the site are subject to expulsion by the police. [220][bettersourceneeded]. Yehoshua Frenkel, 'Jerusalem', in Abdelwahab Meddeb, Benjamin Stora (eds. The Aqsa Mosque is one of the holiest structures in the Islamic faith. The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism. Al Aqsa mosque is a low grey roofed mosque also located on the Temple Mount, across from the Dome of Rock. xxiv. Aryeh Shimron and Orit Peleg-Barkat. Jerusalem is a city located in modern-day Israel and is considered by many to be one of the holiest places in the world. A northern portion of the western wall may be seen from within the Western Wall Tunnel, which was excavated through buildings adjacent to the platform. [2] The courtyard (sahn)[20] can host more than 400,000 worshippers, making it one of the largest mosques in the world. A world of subterranean caves, tunnels, and chambers is hidden in Har Habayit, cloaked in mystery and surrounded by legend. [197], The city of Aelia Capitolina was built in 130 CE by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and occupied by a Roman colony on the site of Jerusalem, which was still in ruins from the First Jewish Revolt in 70 CE. 2010. [155] A group of Islamic scholars understood the story of Muhammad's ascension from al-Aqsa Mosque as relating to the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. In 1187, once he retook Jerusalem, Saladin removed all traces of Christian worship from the Temple Mount, returning the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque to their original purposes. Warren's Gate and the Golden Gate simply head towards the centre of the Mount, fairly quickly giving access to the surface by steps. Some scholars, such as Kenyon and Ritmeyer, argued that the walls of the First Temple compound extended eastward as far as the Eastern Wall. There are no contemporary records, but many traditions, about the origin of the main Islamic buildings on the mount. ca. It is significant for Jews because it was where Jesus was born and celebrated Jewish festivals. Much of the Temple Mount's prominence stems from the story of the prophet Mohammed's Night Journey. ", Kadi Mejir-ed-din, Ebil-yemen Abd-er-Rahman, El-Alemi, "Chapitre vingtime. This resulted in imposing strict limitations on entry of visitors to the Temple Mount. ; I Chron. [3][4] A notable example of this usage is the 2009 work Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem's Sacred Esplanade, written as a joint undertaking by 21 Jewish, Muslim and Christian scholars. The prophet Gad then suggested the area to David as a fitting place for the erection of an altar to Yawheh. [148] The Qur'an describes how Muhammad was taken by the miraculous steed Buraq from the Great Mosque of Mecca to al-Aqsa Mosque where he prayed. The first, built by King Solomon, was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 . [49] The Mount Zion mentioned in the later parts of the Book of Isaiah (Isaiah 60:14),[50] in the Book of Psalms, and the First Book of Maccabees (c.2nd century BCE) seems to refer to the top of the hill, generally known as the Temple Mount. Yamani writes that the confusion between the two . The First Temple was destroyed in 587/586 BCE by the Neo-Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar II. [115] Since at least the first century CE, the two sites have been identified with one another in Judaism, this identification being subsequently perpetuated by Jewish and Christian tradition. The mosque was built on top of the Temple Mount, known as the Al Aqsa Compound or Haram esh-Sharif in Islam. Built in the seventh century, it actually was only covered in gold in 1962. [222], Jordan undertook two renovations of the Dome of the Rock, replacing the leaking, wooden inner dome with an aluminum dome in 1952, and, when the new dome leaked, carrying out a second restoration between 1959 and 1964. [5] The Dome was completed in 692 CE, making it one of the oldest extant Islamic structures in the world. [167] Muhammad later prayed towards the Kaaba in Mecca after receiving a revelation during a prayer session [168][169] in the Masjid al-Qiblatayn. The project was paid for by King Hussein personally, at a cost of $8 million. At present, the Government of Israel controls access to the site, an Islamic religious endowment that lies under the management of the Jordan-based Jerusalem Islamic Waqf. The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew as Har Habayit, is traditionally said to be the site where Abraham demonstrated his devotion to God by taking his son Isaac to be sacrificed. [262][263][264], Due to religious restrictions on entering the most sacred areas of the Temple Mount (see following section), the Western Wall, a retaining wall for the Temple Mount and remnant of the Second Temple structure, is considered by some rabbinical authorities to be the holiest accessible site for Jews to pray at. Golden Gate (Bab al-Zahabi); eastern wall (northern third), a double gate: Warren's Gate; western wall, now only visible from the Western Wall Tunnel, Bab an-Nabi (Gate of the Prophet) or Barclay's Gate; western wall, visible from al-Buraq Mosque inside the Haram, and from the Western Wall plaza (women's section) and the adjacent building (the so-called house of Abu Sa'ud), Double Gate (Bab al-Thulathe; possibly one of the Huldah Gates); southern wall, underneath al-Aqsa Mosque, Triple Gate; southern wall, outside Solomon's Stables/Marwani Mosque, Single Gate; southern wall, outside Solomon's Stables/Marwani Mosque, Bab al-Asbat (Gate of the Tribes); north-east corner, Bab al-Hitta/Huttah (Gate of Remission, Pardon, or Absolution); northern wall, Bab al-Atim/'Atm/Attim (Gate of Darkness); northern wall, Bab al-Ghawanima (Gate of Bani Ghanim); north-west corner, Bab al-Majlis / an-Nazir/Nadhir (Council Gate / Inspector's Gate); western wall (northern third), Bab al-Hadid (Iron Gate); western wall (central part), Bab al-Qattanin (Gate of the Cotton Merchants); western wall (central part), Bab al-Matarah/Mathara (Ablution Gate); western wall (central part), Bab as-Salam / al-Sakina (Tranquility Gate / Gate of the Dwelling), the northern one of the two; western wall (central part), Bab as-Silsileh (Gate of the Chain), the southern one of the two; western wall (central part), Bab al-Magharbeh/Maghariba (Moroccans' Gate/Gate of the Moors); western wall (southern third); the only entrance for non-Muslims. [292] These passages lead in erratic directions, some leading beyond the southern edge of the Temple Mount (they are at a depth below the base of the walls); their purpose is currently unknown as is whether they predate the Temple Mount a situation not helped by the fact that apart from Warren's expedition no one else is known to have visited them. According to the rabbinic sages whose debates produced the Talmud, the Foundation Stone, which sits below the Dome of the Rock, was the spot from where the world was created and expanded into its current form,[98][99] and where God gathered the dust used to create the first human, Adam. [citation needed] The Mughrabi Gate is the only entrance to the Temple Mount accessible to non-Muslims. The damage threatened to topple sections of the wall into the area known as Solomon's Stables. During the 1929 Palestine riots, Jews were accused of violating the status quo[244][245] Following the riots, the Supreme Muslim Council and the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf prohibited Jews from entering the site's gates. Evidence of a Hasmonean expansion of the Temple Mount has been recovered by archaeologist Leen Ritmeyer. [144] The term Bayt al-Maqdis (or Bayt al-Muqaddas), which frequently appears as a name of Jerusalem in early Islamic sources, is a cognate of the Hebrew term bt ha-miqdsh ( ), the Temple in Jerusalem. . These two structures remain intact today. Due to the extreme political sensitivity of the site, no real archaeological excavations have ever been conducted on the Temple Mount itself. The successors to the Ayyubids, the Mamluks, controlled the Temple Mount for 256 years and did no better. Jews and other non-Islamic visitors can only visit from Sunday to Thursday, for four hours each day. Fifteen years later, negotiation between Israel and Jordan might result[needs update] in reopening of those sites once again. The construction of many sabils was considered the hallmark of a . Though some Christians believe that the Temple will be reconstructed before, or concurrent with, the Second Coming of Jesus (also see dispensationalism), pilgrimage to the Temple Mount is not viewed as important in the beliefs and worship of most Christians. 2 Chronicles 3:1[42] refers to the Temple Mount in the time before the construction of the temple as Mount Moriah (Hebrew: , har ha-Mriyyh). This artificial expansion resulted in a large flat expanse which today forms the eastern section of the Old City of Jerusalem. "What torment to see our holy courts converted into an alien temple!" After the city's conquest, the Crusading order known as the Knights Templar was granted use of Al-Aqsa Mosque to use as their headquarters. [123] It was to this end, proof of a biblical prophecy fulfilled and of Christianity's victory over Judaism with the New Covenant,[124] that early Christian pilgrims also visited the site. Altogether, there are six major sealed gates and a postern, listed here counterclockwise, dating from either the Roman/Herodian, Byzantine, or Early Muslim periods: There are currently eleven open gates offering access to the Muslim Haram al-Sharif. [191] The Royal Stoa served as a center for the city's commercial and legal transactions, and was provided with separate access to the city below via the Robinson's Arch overpass. It remained in Muslim hands thereafter, even during the relatively short periods of Crusader rule following the Sixth Crusade. [220][bettersourceneeded], There is debate over whether reports that Maimonides himself ascended the Mount are reliable. After a three-month siege, the Romans were able to topple one of the guard towers and storm the Temple Mount. [177] Alternatively, Na'aman suggested that Solomon built the Temple on a much smaller scale than the one described in the Bible, which was enlarged or rebuilt during the 8th century BCE. Climate III. The Arabs conquered the city from the Byzantine Empire which had retaken it in 629. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the Muslim cleric in charge of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, said there has never been a Jewish temple atop the Temple Mount, and that the site has been home to a mosque "since the creation of the world.". Some Jews, led by Shlomo Goren, then the military chief rabbi, had objected as well, claiming the decision handed over the complex to the Muslims, since the Western Wall's holiness is derived from the Mount and symbolizes exile, while praying on the Mount symbolizes freedom and the return of the Jewish people to their homeland. The Byzantine ban on the Jews was lifted and they were allowed to live inside the city and visit the places of worship. The platform can be reached via Gate of the Chain Street a street in the Muslim Quarter at the level of the platform, actually sitting on a monumental bridge;[80][bettersourceneeded] the bridge is no longer externally visible due to the change in ground level, but it can be seen from beneath via the Western Wall Tunnel. Robert Shick, 'A Christian City with a Major Muslim Shrine: Jerusalem in the Umayyad Period,' in Arietta Papaconstantinou (ed. Killebrew (eds.). The lower platform which constitutes most of the surface of the Temple Mount has at its southern end al-Aqsa Mosque, which takes up most of the width of the Mount. [238][239][240] On 29 September, the Israeli government deployed 2,000 riot police to the mosque. So, they built the Al- Aqsa mosque in 705 AD over the site of the first and second Jewish temples and the Dome of the Rock over the site where Muhammad allegedly ascended to heaven- both of which still stand today. Beneath the surface of this rock there is a cave known as the Well of Souls, originally accessible only by a narrow hole in the rock itself; the Crusaders hacked open an entrance to the cave from the south, by which it can now be entered. The final sacrifice has been made. [272] His behavior displeased the government, which restricted his public actions, censored his writings, and in August prevented him from attending the annual Oral Law Conference at which the question of access to the Mount was debated. Join the expedition as Rabbi Leibel Reznick leads an exploration of these secret passageways. [31] Almost immediately after the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 638 CE, Caliph 'Omar ibn al Khatab, reportedly disgusted by the filth covering the site, had it thoroughly cleaned,[135] and granted Jews access to the site. [136] According to early Quranic interpreters and what is generally accepted as Islamic tradition, in 638 CE Umar, upon entering a conquered Jerusalem, consulted with Ka'ab al-Ahbar a Jewish convert to Islam who came with him from Medina as to where the best spot would be to build a mosque. [2] According to Islamic tradition, the plaza is the location of Muhammad's ascension to heaven from Jerusalem, and served as the first "qibla", the direction Muslims turn towards when praying. 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Ernst Axel Knauf, Jerusalem in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages: A Proposal, TA 27 (2000): 7590. [226] The Muslims objected to Dayan's offer, as they completely rejected the Israeli conquest of Jerusalem and the Mount. In Jewish tradition, the Temple Mount is also believed to be the location of Abraham's binding of Isaac. 10:23; 16:28; 23: . Translation: "Let no foreigner enter within the parapet and the partition which surrounds the Temple precincts. The site, along with the whole of East Jerusalem (which includes the Old City), was controlled by Jordan from 1948 until 1967, and has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967. [139][140] After the construction, Muslims believe, the temple was used for the worship of the one God by many prophets of Islam, including Jesus. For those who are visibly Jewish, they have no choice, but to follow a peripheral route[282] as it has become unofficially part of the status quo on the Mount. [269] There are also Christian and Islamic sources which indicate that Jews visited the site,[270] but these visits may have been made under duress. In the process of investigating Cistern 10, Warren discovered tunnels that lay under the Triple Gate passageway. During the mandate period, Jewish leaders celebrated ancient religious practices at the Western Wall. According to Islamic tradition, the Dome of the Rock, built in 691, marks the spot where Muhammed ascended to Heaven. [39] Shahar and Shatzman reached different conclusions. "[116], The Temple was of central importance in Jewish worship in the Tanakh (Old Testament). On the north and west it is bordered by two long porticos (riwaq), built during the Mamluk period.[294]. As no scientific excavations have ever been conducted on the site, no archaeological evidence has been found to verify this. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in the year 586 BCE., but it was soon rebuilt and was rededicated to the worship of Allah in 516 BCE. The only edifice of importance built during their 73-year rule of Jerusalem was the Dome of Moses, a small cupola, built in 1249, which still stands on the Temple Mount. [311] The works sparked condemnation from Arab leaders. NEAEHL 5: 18091811. A tear gas canister was set off among the female worshippers, which caused events to escalate. He said on top of Mount Moriah there was a mosque "3,000 years ago, and 30,000 years ago" and has been "since . [312], In July 2007 the Muslim religious trust which administers the Mount began digging a 400-metre-long (1,300ft), 1.5-metre-deep (4.9ft) trench[313] from the northern side of the Temple Mount compound to the Dome of the Rock[314] in order to replace 40-year-old[315] electric cables in the area. The Caliph Omar ibn Al-Khattab, founder of the Muslim Empire, fought against the Byzantines and conquered Israel and Jerusalem, and ordered the construction of Al-Aqsa Mosque on the ruins of an entire temple. Annika Bjrkdahl and Susanne Buckley-Zistel: "The site is known in Arabic as Haram al-Sharif the Noble Sanctuary and colloquially as the Haram or the al-Aqsa compound; while in Hebrew, it is called Har HaBeit the Temple Mount. [31][32] During a 2016 dispute over the name of the site, UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova stated: "Different peoples worship the same places, sometimes under different names. [65][66][67], The term "al-Aqsa" as a symbol and brand-name has become popular and prevalent in the region. At the southern end is the famed Al Aqsa mosque (the original mosque was built to the south of it by Caliph Omar, but was renovated and enlarged by later Moslem rulers). This was probably by Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Warmund, Patriarch of Jerusalem at the Council of Nablus in January 1120. Many Israelis regarded this as a radical change of the status quo, which should not have been undertaken without first consulting the Israeli government. Most Haredi rabbis are of the opinion that the Mount is off limits to Jews and non-Jews alike. sfn error: no target: CITEREFTemple_of_Jerusalem (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFJonker1990 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFStefon2020 (, sfn error: no target: CITEREFBritannica:_Holy_of_Holies (, Deuteronomy 12:5-26; 14:23-25; 15:20; 16:2-16; 17:8-10; 26: 2; 31: 11; Isaiah 2: 2-5; Obadiah 1:21; Psalms 48. But according to Jewish tradition, Mount Moriah, now under the Dome of the. [109] According to the Bible, the site functioned as the center of all national life a governmental, judicial and religious center. [259] Sometimes such restrictions have coincided with Friday prayers during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. He permits entry from all the gates into the 135 x 135 cubits of the Women's Courtyard in the east, since the biblical prohibition only applies to the 187 x 135 cubits of the Temple in the west. The Temple Mount (Hebrew: , romanized:Har haBayt, lit. [79] The northern wall of the Mount, together with the northern section of the western wall, is hidden behind residential buildings. [226] Subsequently, several prime ministers also made attempts to change the status quo, but failed to do so. Did Judaism's holiest site become Muslim? Today, the stone is preserved in Istanbul's Museum of Antiquities. The complex is bordered on the south and east by the outer walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Israel's courts have considered the issue as one beyond their remit, and, given the delicacy of the matter, under political jurisdiction. The Israeli police manage the Temple Mount, standing guard at the entrances and exits. Al Aqsa Mosque ("Al-Masjid al-Aqsa"), which literally means, "The Farthest Mosque," occupies the southern end of Temple Mount and faces the Dome of the Rock. [221], Neither Israeli Arabs nor Israeli Jews could visit their holy places in the Jordanian territories during this period.[223][224]. At that time, more than half of Jerusalem's . The platform itself is separated from the rest of the Old City by the Tyropoeon Valley, though this once deep valley is now largely hidden beneath later deposits, and is imperceptible in places. There is a speculation that it had a function connected with the altar of the Second Temple (and possibly of the earlier Temple), Cistern 5 (located under the south eastern corner of the upper platform) a long and narrow chamber, with a strange anti-clockwise curved section at its north western corner, and containing within it a doorway currently blocked by earth. On June 7, 1967, soon after Israel had taken control of the area during the Six-Day War, Prime Minister Levi Eshkol assured that "no harm whatsoever shall come to the places sacred to all religions". II Sam. The ban on visitors continued until 1948[246], Although the 1949 Armistice Agreement called for "resumption of the normal functioning of the cultural and humanitarian institutions on Mount Scopus and free access thereto; free access to the Holy Places and cultural institutions and use of the cemetery on the Mount of Olives. Protests commonly occur whenever archaeologists conduct projects near the Mount. (2009). Do most Muslims agree? [19], The upper platform was built around the peak of the Temple Mount, carrying the Dome of the Rock; the peak just breaches the floor level of the upper platform within the Dome of the Rock, in the shape of a large limestone outcrop, which is part of the bedrock. [302], Israeli organizations such as the Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount argue that Palestinians are deliberately removing significant amounts of archaeological evidence about the Jewish past of the site and claim to have found significant artifacts in the fill removed by bulldozers and trucks from the Temple Mount. Other Islamic figures disputed the haram status of the site. Temple of Jerusalem, either of two temples that were the centre of worship and national identity in ancient Israel. On 7 June 1967, soon after Israel had taken control of the area during the Six-Day War, Prime Minister Levi Eshkol assured that "no harm whatsoever shall come to the places sacred to all religions". [284], The large courtyard (sahn)[20] can host more than 400,000 worshippers, making it one of the largest mosques in the world. [196] The Trumpeting Place inscription, a monumental Hebrew inscription which was thrown down by Roman legionnaires, was found in one of these stone piles. Friedman But conflict, controversy and tension continue to boil to this day. It is located above the Western Wall, part of an . A September 2000 visit to the Temple Mount by the Israeli politician Ariel Sharon was interpreted by Palestinians as a provocative assertion of Israel's sovereignty, and helped spark the second. [22] Muslims view the site as being one of the earliest and most noteworthy places of worship of God. The plaza is dominated by two monumental structures originally built during the Rashidun and early Umayyad caliphates after the city's capture in 661 CE:[5] the main praying hall of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, near the center of the hill, which was completed in 692 CE, making it one of the oldest extant Islamic structures in the world. The double and triple gates (the Huldah Gates) are more substantial; heading into the Mount for some distance they each finally have steps rising to the surface just north of al-Aqsa Mosque. Warren was able to investigate the inside of these gates. After the destruction of the Temple there was discussion as to whether the site, bereft of the Temple, still maintained its holiness or not. Al-Aqsa [198], Hadrian had intended the construction of the new city as a gift to the Jews, but since he had constructed a giant statue of himself in front of the Temple of Jupiter and the Temple of Jupiter had a huge statue of Jupiter inside of it, there were on the Temple Mount now two enormous graven images, which Jews considered idolatrous. [227][232] According to Palestinian historian Rashid Khalidi, investigative journalism has shown this allegation to be false. [68], During the period of Mamluk[69] (12601517) and Ottoman rule (15171917), the wider compound began to also be popularly known as the Haram al-Sharif, or al-aram ash-Sharf (Arabic: ), which translates as the "Noble Sanctuary". Jews with religious appearance must visit in groups monitored by. Answer The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, the third holiest site in Islam, and a revered site to Christians. [272] This warning was reiterated by the Council of the Chief Rabbinate a few days later, which issued an explanation written by Rabbi Bezalel Jolti (Zolti) that "Since the sanctity of the site has never ended, it is forbidden to enter the Temple Mount until the Temple is built. [36] The term Har haBayt is used throughout the Mishnah and later Talmudic texts. "[33], The term Har haBayt commonly translated as "Temple Mount" in English was first used in the books of Micah (4:1) and Jeremiah (26:18) literally as "Mount of the House", a literary variation of the longer phrase "Mountain of the House of the Lord" the abbreviation was not used again in the later books of the Hebrew Bible[34] or in the New Testament. [200], From the first through the seventh centuries Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire, gradually became the predominant religion of Palestine and under the Byzantines Jerusalem itself was almost completely Christian, with most of the population being Jacobite Christians of the Syrian rite. The Crusader period began in 1099 with the First Crusade's capture of Jerusalem. Tel Aviv; Jerusalem; Haifa; Eilat; North District; Center District; Jerusalem District; South District; Where To Stay. Shatzman, I. 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