THREE RELIGIONS. ONE HOLY SITE. AND A LOT OF PROBLEMS.

IN MY LAST VIDEO, I TALKED ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING ON THE STREETS OF OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM

HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED – THE FIGHTING, AND IMAGES OF POLICE STRIKING CIVILIANS WITH BATONS, DREW INTERNATIONAL OUTCRY

IT’S ALL HAPPENING IN A CITY THAT’S BEEN SACRED TO JEWS, CHRISTIANS, AND MUSLIMS FOR CENTURIES

*JERUSALEM*

FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE, TEMPLE MOUNT IS WHERE BIBLICAL JEWISH TEMPLES STOOD THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. TODAY ONE OF THE OLD RETAINING WALLS OF THE TEMPLE – KNOWN AS THE WESTERN WALL STILL STANDS. IT’S THE HOLIEST SITE IN JUDAISM

IT’S ALSO THE FOUNDATION LYING UNDER THE THIRD HOLIEST SITE IN ISLAM – THE MASJID AL-AQSA.THIS IS WHERE MUSLIMS BELIEVE THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN BEFORE RETURNING TO EARTH. MUSLIMS ORIGINALLY PRAYED IN THIS DIRECTION BEFORE SHIFTING TOWARD MECCA FOLLOWING A REVELATION

AND FOR CHRISTIANS – JERUSALEM IS HOME TO THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEP-PUL-KUR – WHERE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE JESUS PREACHED, DIED, AND WAS RESURRECTED. IT’S WHERE THE FAITH DEVELOPED AND EVERY YEAR CHRISTIANS PILGRIMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD VISIT THE SITE.