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JERUSALEM (AP) — Seeking to ease tensions at the site of the biblical Jewish temples, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to maintain a long-standing ban on Jewish worship at the Muslim-run site, despite demands for Jewish access from members of his coalition.
Netanyahu's reassurance to Muslims came just days after the religious feud over the shrine, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, threatened to spin out of control.
Israel closed the compound for a day last week after a Palestinian shot and wounded Rabbi Yehuda Glick, who has campaigned for more Jewish access to the site.
The gunman, who was killed the next day in a shootout with Israeli police, was hailed as a "martyr" by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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