Western Wall Plaza

The Western Wall Plaza is a large public square situated adjacent to the Western Wall in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Before the 1967 Six-Day War, there was a fifth quarter called the Moroccan or Mughrabi Quarter in the Old City that dated back to the 7th century AD. After the Israelis took back Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War, they told the residents of the Moroccan Quarter to leave and they leveled it. The area was annexed into the Jewish Quarter and transformed into the plaza that it is today. Israel later offered compensation to the former homeowners of the quarter.Read more