Temple Mount

Israel protests UNESCO 'Muslim Temple Mount' decision

Netanyahu orders FM to send sharp letter to all countries that supported UNESCO decision claiming Temple Mount is Muslim.

Police give a 'briefing' instead of arresting Arab extremists

Attorney Ben-Gvir decries 'criminal negligence' towards Temple Mount activist, who has been getting death threats from Arabs.

Online petition: UNESCO must not erase Jewish Temple Mount ties

Activists launch petition against 'insulting' UN decision to deny all Jewish connection to Temple Mount, Western Wall.

Temple Mount: Waqf appoints 150 more 'Islamic guards'

Preparing for confrontation? After scuppering plans for security cameras on Temple Mount, Waqf ups Islamist presence.

Report: Israel still supports Temple Mount camera idea

Israeli official tells AFP Palestinians, Jordanians backtracking because 'they don't want repeated Palestinian provocations caught on tape.'

Girl finds ancient Pharaoh's amulet at Temple Mount dig

Rare, ancient mulet, bearing name of Egyptian King Thutmose III, discovered in earth illegally dug up by Waqf from Temple Mount.

UNESCO refuses to backtrack on 'Muslim Temple Mount'

UNESCO head calls for 'respect and dialogue' following outrage over its decision, but does not take back saying Temple Mount is Muslim.

Jordan cans Temple Mount camera project

Jordanian PM says Palestinian opposition turned security cameras into a 'source of conflict' - is a secret Islamist group responsible?

Temple Institute: UNESCO decision 'revisionist', 'obscene'

Vote divorcing Temple Mount and Judaism even violates Islamic tenets of faith, Rabbi Chaim Richman notes.

Exposé: How Temple Mount Islamist group financed terrorism

Islamists who harass Jews on Temple Mount paid by terror groups to break the law to prevent more Jewish visitors.

Police Chief: MKs on Temple Mount endanger Israel

Roni Alsheich tells Netanyahu that MKs who visit holiest site in Judaism endanger national security.

Likud Minister slams UNESCO's 'boorishness'

Akunis writes head of UN body that declared Temple Mount to be Muslim only, decries their 'resounding lack of historical knowledge.'

Expose

Watch: Jew arrested for uttering Biblical verse on Temple Mount

Jewish visitor obeyed laws against Jewish prayer - but was arrested anyway. Police officer: I decide what 'prayer' means here.

Netanyahu: UN reached new lows denying Jewish Temple Mount ties

PM blasts UNESCO for erasing Jewish connection to Temple Mount, Western Wall, says UN 'rewriting basic human history.'

Lapid: UNESCO Temple Mount decision will cause bloodshed

UNESCO deletes connection between Western Wall, Temple Mount and Jews; Yair Lapid: decision extends terror wave.

Spike in Temple Mount visits by Jews: 300 in one week

Activists say police attitude toward Jews on Mount improving, expect Pesach visits to double compared to last year.

Arab MK: Use 'any means' to block Jews from Temple Mount

Zahalka advises continuation of terror war, calling to enlist youth to oppose Jews 'at all costs'; MKs respond: 'blood is on his hands.'

Israel sending message to keep 'status quo' on Temple Mount

Security officials working to send 'messages of calm' over Mount after months of PA incitement against Jews over the site.

Passover Sacrifice to be reenacted facing Temple Mount next week

MKs, leading rabbis and other public figures to attend event, as public interest in reviving ancient practice grows.

'Historic' secret Jewish wedding performed on Temple Mount

The wedding is only the second one performed on the holy site in over 2,000 years, says Temple Institute.

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Exclusive interview

The unknown movement that rules the Temple Mount

The Waqf? PA? Hamas? None of the above - meet the near anonymous global group that pulls the strings.

Palestinians threaten to smash Temple Mount cameras

Anonymous flyers on Mount threaten to break cameras posted in mosques; Jordan responds with promise not to monitor Muslim religious sites.

Did Netanyahu sign away remaining Jewish rights on Temple Mount?

Netanyahu, Jordan's King Abdullah made an agreement in 2014 to reduce Jewish visitors to Judaism's holiest site.

Jews attempt to enter Temple Mount dressed as Muslims

Two Jewish men arrested after dressing up as religious Muslims to get round draconian restrictions on Jewish visits.

Hamas calls to 'slaughter' Jews who visit Temple Mount

Hamas officials call for violence against Jews who are “harming” the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Watch: In-flight Passover seder safety video

Flight attendant helps you prepare to take off for the seder of your dreams, in a hilarious video ahead of the holiday.

NYPD increases Passover security

Following terror attacks in Europe and concerns over attacks in the US, NYPD announce preparations to protect haredim in Brooklyn.

Palestinians: 1,114 'settlers' on Temple Mount last month

Palestinian report gives count of Jews who 'breached' the holiest site in Judaism, accusing them of 'Talmudist prayers.'

Watch: Arab waves PLO flag in front of cops on Temple Mount

Police 'ignore' Arab trying to spark confrontation with Jews, who asked to stop him from waving terror flag in breach of law.

Eligible kohanim wanted

Temple Institute launches historic new program to register eligible members of priesthood, to prepare for return of service in Holy Temple.

Supreme Court defers request against Temple Mount cameras

Justice Fogelman claims 'installing cameras on Temple Mount is not irreversible step,' but demands government respond to appeal.

Jordan about to 'reveal Israeli violations on Temple Mount'

Jordan to install Temple Mount cameras, but not in mosques. Footage will be broadcast to 'document Israeli aggressions.'

Looking for new agreement with Reform

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, Chief Rabbi David Lau discuss how to best oppose moves to officially recognize Reform, change Kotel status.

Rabbi slams police for 'criminalizing the Torah'

Temple Institute director condemns police for banning Rabbi Kroizer from Temple Mount over Jewish legal writings; 'will the state ban God?'

'Write about Jewish law, get banned from the Temple Mount'

Rabbi Yehuda Kroizer reveals police banned him from Mount because 10 years ago he wrote about legal facets of Temple offerings.

Muslim Temple Mount hate preacher finally jailed

Khaled al-Mughrabi, who called on Muslims to murder Jews in hate-filled, anti-Semitic rants from Al Aqsa Mosque, jailed by Jerusalem court.

Fatah calls Jewish couples visiting Temple Mount 'incitement'

Spokesman warns against Jewish couples visiting before their wedding, saying it will lead to destruction of al-Aqsa Mosque.

Temple Mount travesty

Watch: Police officer keeps Jews from drinking water

'You were asked not to drink,' senior cop tells two Jews on Temple Mount, in shocking violation of basic rights.

Yehuda Glick returns to Temple Mount after assassination attempt

Yehuda Glick, prominent activist for Jewish access to Temple Mount, finally returns to site 16 months after attempt on his life.

Temple Mount cameras won't include mosques

Temple Mount organizations warn Israel is backing down from its demands that Temple Mount security cameras document mosque incitement.

Yehuda Glick: Police aided our enemies with 'judicial terrorism'

Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick vindicated in court, looks to return to Temple Mount.

Terrorist shot dead while trying to stab Border Policemen

Palestinian Arab terrorist shot by security forces during attempted stabbing near Silwad. Clashes also near Bethlehem.

3 Jews detained for 'prayer on Temple Mount'

Police say three Jews are banned from returning to the Temple Mount for 'crime' of prayer; lawyer says two didn't even pray, one moved lips.

Watch: Jew arrested for singing Hatikvah on Temple Mount

Teen arrested for singing Israeli national anthem handed distancing order from Temple Mount; father slams 'surrender to Muslim terror.'

Disagreements delay security camera deployment on Temple Mount

Jordanian government and Waqf still disagree with Israel regarding control over Temple Mount cameras.

Repeating the destruction?

Reform prayer section to erase last signs of Temple destruction

Archaeologist warns government compromise to expand non-Orthodox Kotel prayer section will destroy priceless Jewish heritage.

Jew distanced from Temple Mount by administrative decree

Activist Yair Kehati barred from Temple Mount by administrative decree; police cite 'dangerousness' as reason

Protesters, incitement return to Temple Mount

Friday's prayers saw the return of protestors affiliated with the outlawed Islamic Movement to the Temple Mount.

Temple Mount crackdown on Jews 'fuels terror wave'

Activists reveal police arrested or detained 84 Jews in just 7 months, part of escalation in last 2 years they say encourages Arab terror.

600 Jews encircle the Temple Mount in prayer

Revived 1,000-year-old tradition gets a boost with hundreds of French seminary girls, holding Jewish new month prayers at each gate.

Jordan examines ‘Israeli violations’ on Temple Mount

Local media reports Arab nations authorized Jordanians to investigate 'violations' to file claim with the Criminal Court in The Hague.

Court: Lifting hands on Temple Mount permitted

Jerusalem District Court issues scathing rebuke against Israel Police for issuing arbitrary and draconian measures on the Temple Mount.

Bill: Allow Jews to pray on Temple Mount

MK Bezalel Smotrich's bill to ensure full freedom of access, worship to every religion at every Israeli holy site - Temple Mount included.

Temple Mount: Police arrest Jew - for lifting up his hands

Prominent Temple Mount activist Yehuda Etzion arrested by four officers, who claim the motion was an act of prayer.

Court dislikes police overkill against Temple activist

Jerusalem District Court says police request for 90-day distancing order is unreasonable, issues 14-day order.

Chief Rabbi Lau: Temple Mount is not a place for tours

Rabbi David Lau explains why he thinks Jews should refrain from ascending to the Mount, and opines about the Women of the Wall.

Trump considering visit to Temple Mount

Sources say the presidential candidate has already tasked his staff with determining feasibility of visit to the holy site.

Watch: How police discriminate against Jews on Temple Mount

Hidden camera expose shows how police, Waqf guards aggressively discriminate against religious Jews on the Temple Mount.

PA government claims: Israel implementing a 'bi-national state'

PA government blasts Israel and the city of Jerusalem for "defiling" the Western Wall and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.