Mughrabi Quarter
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The Mughrabi Quarter[1] (Arabic: حارَة المَغارِبة Hārat al-Maghāriba; Hebrew: שכונת המוגרבים, Sh'khunat HaMughrabim), also known as the Maghrebi or Moroccan Quarter[2] was a neighbourhood in the southeast corner of the Old City of Jerusalem, established in the late 12th century. It bordered the western wall of the Temple Mount on the east, the Old City walls on the south (including the Dung Gate) and the Jewish Quarter to the west. It was an extension of the Muslim Quarter to the north, and was founded as an endowed Islamic waqf or religious property by a son of Saladin.[lower-alpha 1]
The quarter was razed by Israeli forces, at the behest of Teddy Kollek, the mayor of West Jerusalem, three days after the Six-Day War of 1967, in order to broaden the narrow alley leading to the Western Wall and prepare it for public access by Jews seeking to pray there.[3] It is now the site of the Western Wall Plaza.