Biblical Archaeology Review

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Endnote 20 - The Temple Mount in Court

The main law passed to guarantee application of the Status Quo was The Palestine (Holy Places) Order-in-Council, July 25, 1924, in The Laws of Palestine, vol. 3, p. 2805.

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Endnote 19 - The Temple Mount in Court

Shiller, The Mosque of Omar (Ariel Publishers, 1976), p. 29 (in Hebrew).

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Endnote 18 - The Temple Mount in Court

Zeev Vilnay, Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel (Jerusalem: Acheaver, 1970), part 1, p. 282 (in Hebrew).

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Endnote 17 - The Temple Mount in Court

Other sites of religious importance to Muslims are protected by law, but are not Holy Places under the Status Quo.

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Endnote 16 - The Temple Mount in Court

Cust, The Status Quo, p. 44.

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Endnote 15 - The Temple Mount in Court

Other sites of religious importance to Jews are protected as Jewish Holy Places by regulations issued by the Minister of Religion (Kovetz Hatakanot 4252, June 16, 1981, p. 1212 [in Hebrew]) but they are not Holy Places under the Status Quo.

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Endnote 14 - The Temple Mount in Court

Order Concerning the Holy Places (Judea and Samaria), (No. 327) 5727–1967. Section 2 states that the Holy Places shall be protected against any act that may interfere with freedom of access to them by a member of any religion.