(Ha'aretz) Jonathan Lis and Arnon Regular - Israel and Muslim religious officials have reached an informal agreement allowing non-Muslims to visit the Temple Mount from 9 to 11 a.m., an arrangement in effect since the 1920s and only suspended three years ago. Police sources say the relative ease with which the site was opened was linked to the arrests of leaders from the Islamic Movement in Israel, which has essentially paralyzed their activities on the mount.
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