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Al-Aqsa Mosque: Highly sensitive site sacred in both Islam and Judaism

The Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the walled Old City is a highly sensitive site sacred in both Islam and Judaism.

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The 14-hectare (35-acre) rectangular esplanade at the southeast corner of the Old City was seized by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War, along with the rest of east Jerusalem which was later annexed in a move never internationally recognised.