842 Jews ascended the Temple Mount this morning (Sunday) - representing a significant increase in the number of Jewish visitors to the holy site during the Passover holiday. The Temple Mount is the holiestb site in Judaism.
According to the Temple Mount Administration, 1,043 Jews have visited the Temple Mount this Passover, representing a 43% increase in the number of visitors during the holiday.
At the same time, the Priestly Blessing ceremony was held at the Western Wall in the presence of about 15,000 Jewish worshipers.
Following this morning's visits, the Mughrabi Gate to the Temple Mount was closed to Jewish visitors.
MK Orit Strock (Religious Zionism party) criticized the decision to close the Temple Mount to Jews for the last days of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. "It is immoral to close the Temple Mount to Jews during the last 10 days of Ramadan. The security situation is serious as a result of the previous government's decisions, however, I do not shirk our responsibility. I will not sit in the government and pretend the attacks never happened," she told Kan News.