The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem is one of the holiest sites in the world and one of the most contested. Why is it so significant? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains.
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al aqsa is NOT in Yerushalaim but in Mekka en Medina
So let me get this straight…Palenstine property/land is being controlled by “outsiders” which are Israeli/jewish? So Palestinian people are trying to regain freedom from like tyranny? Sorry, this is confusing because this video is essentially stating this. As an american we are led to believe Israeli are the “good guys” but this video is making them seem like the bad guys. However, current media is showing videos of Hamas (whom i believe may or may not be representing Palestinians) r*ping and killing innocent people. Which is a very bad look. BUT supposedly Israelis have been doing this for years but it is not broadcasted?
Honestly, this sounds like what is going on in america slowly too. The difference is their isnt much direct bloodshed yet. History repeats though, so statistically we will have another war within the US if things get worse here too 😮😢
I understand the concept of war. Especially religious which is very unfortunate how different religions cant simply mingle and realize the end goal which is simply to serve ones god and to be a better person than they were yesterday. Different values yet same end goal 🤷🏽♂️. I hate the fact innocentw are being targeted and tortured. ANY COUNTRY, good or bad that targets innocents should be destroyed.
There are bogeymen on both sides.
Imagine…- John Lennon
Organized religion is the enemy of peace.
If they had any sense at all, they would do the world a favor and scrape that abomination off the temple mount.
You haven’t been watching the news have you poopsie.
Sometime I think as humans we don’t even know what we are fighting for ….it’s so sad to see a space of great overlap and connection for all be the very reason why we tear each other done
When one side sees non-believers as less than human or even someone who should be killed, and the other sees all enemies as bogeymen from the era of WW2 it’s easy to see what they are fighting for. It may not be right, it may be nonsense but it absolutely is understandable.
Honestly according to history these place should belong to Jews.
come on, let’s talk present, the here and now and stop living in the past…..THIS was started by about 500 missles being lobbed into a country while men with guns attacked a city and killed women and children and a music festival, abducted women and children there and beheaded grandmothers on their own facebook page…..I get it that people feel oppresed, and wronged and such but I’m finding it hard to justify these actions…..
And this is because of the fuel running out
Invading and conquering historical lands and cities of other nations and then building your buildings on top of their most Holy sites ( which you knew it was, because it was famous all around the world, complete disrespect and barbaric behavior) and then later on, when the owners finally can come back to their house, complaining to be the victim….unbelievable!!!! I guess the original owners should be happy to see squatters desecrating the altars of their home.
I’m not going to “Start Here”. You don’t tell me what to do 😂
Did not age well.
Hey brainless Muslim reporter, why do you Utter the name of Islam is Jerusalem?
Islam has No relationship with the land of Israel.
Islam was created by a false prophet named Mohammed. Islamic god is the Arabian Moon god Al-Lat, Mohammed upgraded the name as Allah.
The Arabian Moon god Allah should remain within Saudi Arabia.
God of Israel Yahweh and the Arabian Moon god Allah are not the same one.
The mosque AL-Aksa was forcefully built by the Islamic terrorist Salahuddin at the time of Omar.
Mohammed borrowed the stories of the Holy Bible and added in his book incorrectly.
Islam was established through killing, Raping, Looting, forcing etc.
All terrorist must be eradicated from the Earth soon.
Yeah its the most sacred place for the jews ark of the covenant holiest of holies where god was on earth its obviously a big deal
It is incredible that the Jewish claim to the temple mount as a matter of history and heritage is barely even mentioned. What is even worse is that the Quran doesn’t mention Al-Aqsa as being in Jerusalem even more egregious is that this particular mosque was built long after the death of Muhammad. How he came to ascend to heaven from a mosque which was non-existent is just amazing, such delusions have lead to very unnecessary deaths😭😭😭
The Israeli government is one of the most Racist And Evil Regimes on the planet.
There is a big reason why Palestine are attacking Israel. The ministers of that country and some of the people are scum.
So what came first? The temple of the jews or the mosque of the arabs? The chicken or the egg?the palestinian or hamas?this aged well.
Omg they are killing each other for a building ? Religion is the most evil thing.. why can’t if you must pray together… 😮
Qatar propaganda machine masquerading as journalists..
Obviously favoring the Muslim/Palestinian view, but well presented and informative.
We living in a dark world but the truth is going to be revealed soon
Firstly for anyone who is going to read this comment, the lies in this video is not well constructed at all.
Shame on you for choosing to mislead people and allowing me to waste my time and data in listening to ur lies.
Apartheid and nothing religious at all
Yeah… I’m still not sold on this whole “therefore Hamas cowards are allowed to kill children” thing
Harvard – is a Hamas University, Harvard4Hamas
Lol people are so stupid. There’s no such thing as a holy place. Religion is worse than cancer and Islam is the worst of the cancers.
In locul moscheii se va construi templu !Pentruca au început palestinieni primi atrocitatile ,Israel are datoria sa se apere!!!
Muhammad is never been in jerusalem only mahamudin and ottomans
its not Al-Aqsa, its the whole of Palestine, you stole our homes and lands, even if there was no Al-Aqsa we will be resisting occupation like any other nation would do.
Islam has terrorized its way into the middle east.
Islam is demonic and evil.
Stop playing victim when islam doesnt reapect anyone.
Oh yeah,..remember in the quran when mohammed flew to the mosque? A mosque that didnt exist in his time?
One of many lies the quran has.
I feel more information is needed around the reasons Israeli forces entered the mosque in 2021. What are the reasons access is being militarised?
fully one sided story by this muslim channel.
why Al – Aqsa is not the reason to understand the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The ownership of the land is the main reason
Why call that place the holiest site? You didn’t have anything better to say, jgd the yogi Raj
I wish these guys would just get along. So tired of reading about this conflict.
We will all meet God in the end and leave everything behind. 😔Is life worth the the land?😔
Both Palestinians and Israelis
Palestinians: keep up the pressure
Jesus spread out the Jewish from Israel to all nations do to what they did to him 2023 years ago. Now they’re trying to reclaim it. Which is fine. Jesus said one day I will give you back your land. You will all return back to your land. However when you take possession of the land 100%, judgement day shell come.
This is in the Bible.
Please show the reals Al Aqsa mosque not to show rock of the dome!!
This is the place of Jerusalem temple…..
Free Jerusalem ✊
If it is writen in Quran then it is only 5 to 600 year old, but temple mount was built by Jewish king David and his son King Solomon way before Quran came in existent after birth of Mohamed.
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It would make a great 3rd temple.
Can’t they simply share the place. Everyone comes in and worship. Isn’t god’s love all about sharing?
Humans are just plain stupid and selfish
“I watched this program when it was first broadcast. It is an excellent, balanced and objective presentation about the Haram al Sharif/Temple Mount. Kudos to Sandra Gathmann and her producers at Al Jazeera. I’m glad Daniel Seidemann is featured. Khaled El Gindy and Tahani Mustafa’s contributions are worthy aswell.
ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ” Couldn’t agree more! The sportsmanship in this video is admirable.
May God saves Palestinian.. Jews has no right to do such things. Then the World is so blind taking side jews people not knowing how they disrespect others..
Pure Evil
Stop showing the dome of rock as al aqsa
Remember the TRUE LIVING GOD JESUS is on Israel’s side. U mess with israel u mess with GOD himself.. But lets pray for UNITY..
why is always there an indian licking isreali boots ?
To what Israel people did God inherent the land of Israel? Didn’t they leave their lands, who came in return, these people failed to obey the second commandment,
to “love thy neighbor as thyself.”
These are not the children of Abraham. You know them by their fruits. I know these israelís people are counterfeit
And no I don’t support terrorism in any shape or form, but the Israel government launched missiles on innocent civilians. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
Some Jews are always playing Victim when there the ones braking the rules this is so sad
The Far Right of Israel provoked this. But kicking out the people and occupying the land of the people who are already there 🤔
This yellow dome is not Al Aqsa
It’s dome of the rock
Al Aqsa is located beside this mosque with black dome
Shame on Jazeera!!!
FAKE NEWS FAKE NEWS FAKE NEWS!
what would happen if hardline jews destroy the dome of the rock and the muslum temple to build thier third jewish temple
Don’t listen to CNN and the US news networks or you will never hear the Palestinian perspective. Liberate Palestine and Northern Ireland 🇯🇴🇮🇪 brothers in arms for eternity
This is going to be turned into the Temple?
Well, incremental occupation of land is certainly a hallmark of islam.
Wow……I never knew…in America, the regular media never explains or covers news like this……amazing …the jews taunt Palestinians?
to “love thy neighbor as thyself.”
You know them by their fruits.
Who failed to love their neighbor? That’s how you recognize them. Abraham children would obey the second commandment.
Jesus Christ is God of Abraham Issac and Jacob there is no other gods before him Amen 🙏 no nothing
Its not holy…its a headache for the Israel and peace. Bitter trueth.
Is 🎉his video against or Israel o keep seeing the bad of israel
So Israel is ripping out the heart of Palestian life, and the world condemns Palestinians for not dying quietly?
Arabs took over and established their own religion and building mosques on top of old Jewish Temples …
THATS A FACT
Ottoman Turks did exactly the same their army was a pure jihadi army after they burned everything
They forced the remaining people to convert to the ideology of Islam ..HERE IN ALBANIA
Albanian National hero died in 1468 and was buried inside St Nikols cathedral in ancient City of Lezhë..Ottoman failed to conquer Albania after 30 years of fighting
In 1478 the conquered Albania and horrific crimes and genocide Ottoman Turks committed ..
They started building mosques and converting churches into mosques ..
The very place were our National Hero was buried they convert it into a mosque three times and abandoned it saying they were hounded by ghosts of Scanderbeg as they called our National hero Gjergj Kastrioti..
And many many other Roman era castles they tried building mosques inside
It tells you what they did and what they try to do present day..
The followers of the ideology will not make peace with anyone
Look at them in Europe
How many terrorist attacks they committed on name of Islam ..
They call Alllah Akbar when they kill Europeans …
Their leaders have to question themselves and change this sort of mentality
This is a clearly biased video. You are only seeing one side of the story. Not one israeli has been interviewed…
Destroy Al-Asqa
Islam is really a political doctrine foundef by a self proclaimed prophet .
Let us not pretend building Al Aqsa on the site of Solomon’s temple wasn’t a slap in the face of Jews. They knew exactly why it was built there.
Israel has long commited war crimes From purposley targeting civilians murderin first aid responders journalists women children and handi cap or disabled peoples To using white phosphorus to murdering human aid workers in international waters since its establishment. Has anyone mentioned ” THE KING DAVID HOTEL BOMBING” on 22 July 1946 by the irgun jews killing 96 civilians injuring 46. Or how about The Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, also known as the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre or the Hebron massacre, was a shooting massacre carried out by Baruch Goldstein, an American-Israeli extremist and member of the far-right Kach movement.
He Gun down Palestinians in the back as they prayed. The LIST GOES ON…
*UN General Assembly Resolutions (UNGA Resolutions) have long affirmed the right to self-determination, freedom, and independence for all peoples under colonial and racist regimes, even naming the Palestinians and their “inalienable right” to resist occupation, also support the legitimacy of armed resistance against the occupying power.(UNGA Resolution 37/43 (1982)*
Open your eyes.. and look carefully.. The Israeli terrorist occupation is ISIS” that is killing children and civilians in
Gaza. Let the world see the lies of the Israeli occupation and the falsification of facts.
Nothing “holy” about it.
I don’t get why Israel warn them because hamas never warm them.
Man fighting for God will always be funny to me.
The “Ark of the Covenant” is really the reason/object of All this conflicts…the three religion believed that who ever got their hand on it will be the God real people… All three religion believe the coming of the Messiah…and He will set on the Mercy Set…that the Covenant of God and the Israelites…The Israelites also planning to build the third temple where the site/location is the present Al Aqsa Mosque…
This is so stupid, there is no religion or prophet that said war and killing is ok.
Why cant we just get along?
Why only weak and corrupt leaders come into power?
I cant imagine anyone who wants to die instead of getting along with his brother!
So many holy sites and religious doctrines and no consideration for the actual creation, 😢 the people and the earth are suffering, will we not stop this madness? 😢😢😢
“Why” Would israel ignite agression of muslim by not allowing muslim to enter al aqsa mosque?!
Something must have been going on
All the Muslim in the world used the Palistinian to resist the occupation of Jerusalem to in order build The third Temple…Thats why all things never ended …. until the third Temple will be build in Ground of Al Aqsa Mosque…
Why can’t they just live together. Not take the homes of Palestinian people , why look to oppress if you yourself was oppressed , if they were there first why not live together in peace
It was holy when men used to fight with swords and honors!! now, it’s dirty AKs killing babies and war plane killing civilians. Looks like international gangbangers fighting over turf.
Al Aqsa has NOTHING to do with our Temple…there never stood a Temple …but a ROMAN FORTRES named ANTONIA! The Temple stood in ZION (The City of David) ! 🤣
I blame ” World Leaders ” throughout history and their expansionist ideals of subjugating their lesser developed neighbours because they have a superior military. They use false narratives to justify their agendas of expansionism and are prepared to commit genocide to achieve their goals. How easily they whip up national collective will and invade sovereign nations and impose their version of truth to the detriment of their neighbour’s identity, language, customs, etc. These agendas are varied, land grab, oil wealth, etc.
The Law shall come out of ZION (Mashiakh rains from the Throne of his Father DAVID) and the Word of Yehovah out of YERUSHALAYIM (God thosen dwelling Place)! Got it now ?
This War is infinite cause it’s impossible to give land back and move people. This is eternal unless one wipes the other no ending.
Al-Aqsa Mosque is all what is in the fence and the area of 144,000 square meters (144 acres) including Al-Qibli Mosque and the Dome of the Rock and all surrounding monuments.
but Al-Jazeera is Islamic arabic so most likely theyll give a biased documentary.Imma Watch aljazeera CNN BBC and the conclude for myself
Thank you so much! If only this was mandatory for Biden and the entire US establishment!
Let’s talk about the stupidest place on the planet. Where people worship evil and call it good.
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