Sharon Visits Mosque: Al-Aqsa Intifada Ignites
Ariel Sharon walked onto the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem surrounded by over a thousand police officers, a visit Palestinians viewed as a deliberate provocation at one of Islam's holiest sites. The resulting riots escalated within days into the Second Intifada, a five-year cycle of violence that killed thousands and destroyed the Oslo peace process.
September 28, 2000
26 years ago
Key Figures & Places
Ariel Sharon
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Jerusalem
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Al-Aqsa Mosque
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Al-Aqsa Intifada
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Temple Mount
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Second Intifada
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Ariel Sharon
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Temple Mount
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Jerusalem
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Mosque
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Mezquita de Al-Aqsa
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Palestinians
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Lower Austria
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Marchegg
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Geiselnahme in Marchegg
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Hostage
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Israel
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المسجد الأقصى
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