Israeli authorities have issued more than 1,000 exclusion orders barring Palestinians from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem's Old City since early 2026, as restrictions on Muslim worshipers intensify alongside increasing settler incursions. The measures include a ban on religious figures and employees of the Islamic Waqf, while Israeli authorities have increasingly reduced the Waqf's role in managing the holy site, raising concerns about changes to its longstanding status quo.

Israeli authorities have issued more than 1,000 exclusion orders barring Palestinians from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem's Old City since early 2026, as restrictions on Muslim worshipers intensify alongside increasing settler incursions. The measures include a ban on religious figures and employees of the Islamic Waqf, while Israeli authorities have increasingly reduced the Waqf's role in managing the holy site, raising concerns about changes to its longstanding status quo.