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UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini addresses the opening of UNRWA's Advisory Commission in Geneva

Watch the remark of Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General: Opening statement, UNRWA Advisory Commission.

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose country is fending off a Russian invasion, said Saturday that Israel had an unquestionable right to defend itself from attacks from Palestinian militants. “Israel’s right to defence is indisputable,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram.“Terror is always a crime, not just against one country or specific victims, but against humanity as a whole,” he…

Finally, it should be noted that Muslim attachment to the Temple Mount site is due to the presence there of the al-Aqsa – or "furthest" – Mosque, reputed to be the site of Prophet Mohammed's night journey to heaven. However, as many scholars have pointed out, the first version of the al-Aqsa Mosque was built by the Caliph Omar after the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 637, well after Mohammed's death in 632. Thus the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is unlikely to be associated with Mohammed's night journey. Furthermore, nowhere is Jerusalem even mentioned in the Quran.