Located in the Old City of Jerusalem, under the authority of Israel since 1967, the Esplanade of the Mosques is often a place of tension between the Jewish and Arab population. Tensions but also architectural beauty with the famous Dome of the Rock. Come visit it in archives…
Update on the geography of the Jewish and Muslim holy places of the old city of Jerusalem with infographic and archival images of Jews praying in front of the Wailing Wall, muslmans praying in front of the mosque of the Dome of the Rock, the esplanade of mosques, of manifestation of Jews. The Dome of the Rock. The esplanade of the mosques and especially the Dome of the Rock concentrate political and religious passions. The religious ultra-nationalists of the Temple Mount organization, want to assert Israeli sovereignty over this Muslim enclave. They would like to rebuild the temple of Solomon on the site of the Dome of the Rock because that is where it would have been before its destruction.
In Jerusalem, on this great Friday prayer day (named by the Islamists Day of Wrath), Palestinians threw stones at Jews gathering in front of the Wailing Wall, then there were further clashes between Palestinians and Isarelian security forces. The images of the clashes, of the esplanades, of the fire of the security post of the Gate of Leo, alternate with the indignant reactions of Jews on the esplanade, and Palestinians revolted.
In Jerusalem, discover the mosque of the Dome of the Rock with beautiful views of the interior and the underground room that houses the sacred rock from where the Prophet Muhammad allegedly flew to Heaven. Then presentation of the Wailing Wall, remnant of the temple of Solomon destroyed by the Romans. Beautiful images of the esplanade from different places in height at the beginning and end of the report.
Reportage in the Dome of the Rock, 3rd holy place of the Muslim religion. Commentary on the images of the interior of the mosque (dome, mosaics, praying man) are followed by exterior plans on the esplanade of the mosques.
Report on the conflict between Jewish and Muslim communities around the famous dome of the Rock of Jerusalem. This site is indeed the seat of a rock where Abraham would have sacrificed his son Isaac and then on which Solomon would have built the ancient Temple of Jerusalem. Archaeological excavations attempt to uncover evidence of this hypothesis. On the contrary, for Muslims, the prophet Muhammad would have climbed to heaven from that same rock. The commentary on the exterior and interior images of the Dome, of the model reconstructing the temple of Solomon, then Muslims in prayer alternate with the interviews of Sheikh Mohammad HOSSEIN, director of the mosques of Jerusalem, of Chlomo AVINER, director of a rabbinic school, of Menahem MAKOVER, director of the Temple Institute and of two Muslims who came to collect themselves at the dome.