Israel to remove disputed footbridge in Jerusalem

Published September 4, 2014 11:23am ET



JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has agreed to dismantle a wooden footbridge at a Jerusalem holy site that is at the heart of a key Mideast dispute, a senior Israeli official said Thursday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the footbridge between the Western Wall and the religiously sensitive Temple Mount taken down, the official told The Associated Press.

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