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Cats sit near the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City on 1 December 2014 in Jerusalem [Spencer Platt/Getty Images]
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The Dome of the Rock is viewed at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City on 27 November 2014 in Jerusalem [Spencer Platt/Getty Images]
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Women walk by the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City on 1 December 2014 in Jerusalem, [Spencer Platt/Getty Images]
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A picture taken with a fisheye lens shows a Palestinian girl playing with a football at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during a ceremony commemorating the Prophet Mohammed’s ascent to heaven, known in Arabic as Isra and Miraj in the Old City of Jerusalem on 24 April 2017 [Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images]
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The Dome of the Rock is viewed at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City on 1 December 2014 in Jerusalem [Spencer Platt/Getty Images]
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The Dome of the Rock is viewed at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City on 27 November 2014 in Jerusalem [Spencer Platt/Getty Images]