Israel plans to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews

Amit Halevi, a member of the Likud party, which has a slim majority in the Israeli Knesset (Israeli Parliament), has prepared a plan to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque for prayers between Muslims and Jews.

This comes in the wake of Israeli forces’ incursions and repeated violations of agreements on the use of the site.

In an interview with the Hebrew



daily Zman on June 7, Halevi said Muslims should be given about 30 percent of the southern part of the compound, leaving the remaining to the Jews, including the area where the Dome of the Rock is located.

Halevi suggested replacing Jordan’s role as custodian of Islamic and Christian holy sites in the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem with the Israeli authority.