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...violence at the Mount stunned Israelis, whose troops faced widespread gunfire from Palestinian police and militia. Upon hearing the calls of their imams to defend the sacred compound, Israel's Arab citizens answered with rioting throughout the Galilee. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright tried to broker a deal but got only a partial cease-fire that few observed...
...demanding the sacrifice of his son Isaac. That rock is where some scholars believe the Ark of the Covenant sat. But it also lies beneath the golden Dome of the Rock, the spot where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended into heaven and back. The main mosque in the compound is al-Aqsa--also 1,300 years old. More sacred to Muslims than any place except Mecca and Medina, the Mount is the single most holy spot for Jews as well. Rabbi Haim Richman, who works at the Temple Institute in the Jewish Quarter, explains, "When the Temple is rebuilt...
Recent hopes for a Mideast peace agreement were shattered yesterday, as Israeli helicopters launched rockets at Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's compound in retaliation for the killing of three Israeli soldiers by a mob of enraged Palestinians...
...Gaza City, Arafat's headquarters and buildings near it were hurriedly evacuated. Shortly afterward, a guard house next to the residence was hit, and smoke rose above the compound...
Fighting continued into the night as combat helicopters attacked the main compound of the Palestinian security forces in Nablus. Police officers fled into the street before the shooting began. A firefight erupted in the West Bank town of Hebron, and gunships attacked soldiers in the town of Salfit near Nablus...