A small group of Orthodox and nationalist Jews gained access to the Temple Mount to pray and sound the shofar just prior to Yom Kippur Sunday. But they were blocked by a police cordon when they attempted to return Monday evening for the Neilah (closing service). Members of the group, headed by Gershon Saloman, a Likud member of the Jerusalem City Council, denounced the government for refusing to allow Jewish prayers on the site. The Temple Mount contains the El Aksa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, shrines holy to Moslems. Jewish religious rites there are barred to avoid clashes between Jews and Arabs.
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