Islamic officials have stopped some work on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The halt came at the request of the Israeli government. During the past few years, a group of Israelis has called on the government to halt work carried out by Islamic officials that the group claims has damaged Jewish artifacts on the Temple Mount.
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