The mufti of Jerusalem, the highest Islamic official appointed by the Palestinian Authority, issued a religious ruling declaring the Western Wall a Muslim possession and disavowing any Jewish connection to the site. The rabbi of the Western Wall said the mufti is trying to rewrite history, but nothing can shake the Jewish people’s link to the site.
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