Israeli police prevented a Knesset member from visiting the Temple Mount to mark Tisha B’Av. Yehiel Hazan of the Likud Party, head of the settlers’ lobby in the Knesset, wanted to visit the Jerusalem holy site on Tisha B’Av to demonstrate Jewish sovereignty there.
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