**FILE** Hundreds of muslim attend Friday prayers at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Muslims observe five formal prayers each day. January 31, 1997. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

**FILE** Hundreds of muslim attend Friday prayers at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Muslims observe five formal prayers each day. January 31, 1997. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

**FILE** Hundreds of muslim men bow to the ground as they attend Friday prayers at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Temple Mount is a religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem, important for both Judaism and Islam. In Islam, the site is revered as the destination of Islamic prophet Muhammad's journey to Jerusalem, and the location of his ascent to heaven. January 31, 1997. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

**FILE** Hundreds of muslim men attend Friday prayers at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City. January 31, 1997. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

**FILE** A muslim man is stopped and fights with an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint in Bethlehem, on his way to Friday prayers at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, during the first intifada. The intifada was a mass Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule in the Palestinian territories. January 31, 1997. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

**FILE** Muslim men run through a checkpoint in Bethlehem, where they have been stopped by Israeli soldiers on their way to Friday prayers at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City during the first intifada. The intifada was a mass Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule in the Palestinian territories. January 31, 1997. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

**FILE** Hundreds of muslim men bow to the ground as they attend Friday prayers at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Muslims observe five formal prayers each day. January 31, 1997. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

**FILE** Israeli soldiers carrying rifles stand and watch as Palestinian men walk by in the West Bank City of Hebron on January 31, 1997. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90