Imagine if the tables were turned and Muslims controlled Jerusalem again? Would the Jews have any access whatsoever?
The tables WERE turned from 1948 to 1967. And the Jews hardly had access to the Kotel, let alone the Temple Mount. At one point, the British threatened to horse whip anyone who blew the ram’s horn (shofar) at the end of Yom Kipur services at the Kotel. Usually, that’s an elderly, revered rabbi who does the blowing, so imagine a burly sergeant swaggering around with his whip, just waiting for a chance to use it on an old man with along white beard. The Irgun in 1944 publicly threatened to kill any soldier who attempted to carry out this punishment, and the Mandate backed down.