Since the establishment of the market is specialized in the sale of livestock and sheep, especially on Eid al-Adha, traders coming from different regions to sell their animals.
It was an important source of profit because it is revitalizing the city’s economy through the sale movement and long working hours that make a living on the owner.
After the occupation of Jerusalem, it was turned into a dump for waste, despite the great rejection of Jerusalemites of this act and thus deprived the merchants of their source of livelihood.
The Ministry of Awqaf stated that it is fully willing to turn the place into a public park or something else for the benefit of the Jerusalemites and preserve the historical and archeological sites because the market adjoins the fence and is close to Al-Aqsa Mosque, but the occupation rejects solutions.
Past and present market: In the past, it was a booming market, but now it is a waste dump.