Jerusalem's Temple Mount is the holiest site in the world for Jews and the third holiest for Muslims — a place where millions of people have prayed for a millennia. Yet, often, it is a launching pad for deadly attacks and counterattacks.
The most recent violence unfolded on July 14 when when three armed Arab residents of Israel fatally shot two Israeli police officers guarding the Al Aqsa mosque. In response, Israel erected metal detectors and cameras at entrances to the mosque. More deaths followed as three Israelis were stabbed to death in the West Bank, four Palestinians were killed in East Jerusalem, and this weekend a Jordanian worker stabbed an Israeli embassy worker.
What is the Temple Mount and why is it holy to different groups? And why are some willing to fight over it?
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