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Despite numerous requests for water for a three-year-old child, the police officer would not comply as Jews are not permitted to drink from the faucets that used by Muslims on the holy site.

Gedolei Yisrael over the generations and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel prohibit visiting Har Habayis, which they explain carries the punishment of karess.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)