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Police summoned the head of the Waqf, who answers to the Jordanian government, to a police station in East Jerusalem, instead of meeting at the compound. Sources said the sheikh was told that going to the police station would constitute a violation of the status quo
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Israel Police have broken a years-long custom of coordinating Ramadan-related activities on the Temple Mount with the Waqf – the Muslim religious trust charged with the Al-Aqsa compound – as the month of fasting began on Wednesday.
