or Wailing Wall
Place of prayer in the Old City of Jerusalem sacred to the Jewish people.
It is the only remnant of the Second Temple of Jerusalem . Because it now forms part of a larger area
known as the Temple Mount by Jews and as al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf by Muslims
surrounding the Muslim Dome of the Rock and al-Aqṣā Mosque, the two groups have often vied for control of it. When Israel captured the Old City in the Six-Day War (1967), the Jews once more gained authority over the site.