Israel not only opposes giving sovereignty over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount to the Palestinians, but to any Islamic body whatsoever, Prime Minister Ehud Barak told his Cabinet. Barak called reports suggesting his willingness to consider such proposals as “unfounded speculation.”
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