Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa
Gomaa visited the al-Aqsa mosque compound in East al-Quds on Wednesday. His trip to the holy city has caused furor in Egypt and across the Arab world.
The Egyptian cleric, however, has said the visit was unofficial and personal and did not signal his recognition of Israel.
The Egyptian public views Israel as an enemy. The country used to be Tel Aviv’s strongest Arab ally during the roughly-30-year-long rule of former dictator Hosni Mubarak, who was deposed in a popular revolution in February 2011.
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