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More Jews make trip to Temple Mount now than before the war

Beyandenu said that they “anticipated fewer people to bravely answer the call to ascend to the site, due to fear of increased attacks against Jews."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jewish pilgrims visit the Temple Mount on the Sukkot holiday. October 2, 2023
SINGING AND dancing in honor of Sukkot at the entrance to the Temple Mount compound, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Oct. 1.

Tragedy on Temple Mount: Israel's government must act now - opinion

When it comes to the treatment of Jews who want to worship freely on the Temple Mount, this gov't has essentially continued Israel's discriminatory policies.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
Tourist visit at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on January 3, 2023.

EU diplomats visit Temple Mount, express support for Jordan custodianship

EU diplomats send message of Palestinian support and support of Jordan maintaining control over the Temple Mount.

|ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG shakes hands with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman, last year. It’s ridiculous that the Israel-Jordan peace deal gives the kingdom a special role at the Temple Mount, says the writer.

Jews are the owners of the Temple Mount - opinion

No other nation shares this history, no other nation has had the same capital for 3,000 years and has never had another one, and Jerusalem was never the capital of any other nation.

|ByGILAD SHARON

UTJ's Gafni slams Ben-Gvir, says Temple Mount visit was 'a violation of Jewish law'

Ben-Gvir responded to Gafni's accusations by saying that he should find it "inappropriate to preach morals."

JANUARY 4, 2023
LEFT: UTJ MK Moshe Gafni, RIGHT: Otzma Yehudit leader MK Itamar Ben Gvir

PA accuses Israel of trying to build a new temple on Temple Mount

The PA Prime Minister, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates all issued condemnations against Ben-Gvir's Temple Mount visit.

JANUARY 3, 2023
Itamar Ben-Gvir.

As tensions grow, all eyes are on the Temple Mount

Building mechanisms to prevent escalation in Jerusalem should be an immediate move - but could also be a first step to cooperation on other issues

DECEMBER 5, 2022
ByLIOR LEHRS
MK Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Temple Mount, in May.

Palestinians, Jordan join forces to thwart any change of status quo on Temple Mount

Since 1967, the Temple Mount site has been under the administration of the Jordanian-controlled Islamic Waqf Department.

NOVEMBER 20, 2022
A man place a Palestinian flag on the Golden Dome after Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 22, 2022.

What kind of Temple Mount access do Israelis want? - opinion

Where is this all heading, and what would we like to see happen on the Temple Mount? 

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
ByELCHANAN POUPKO
JERUSALEM DAY celebrations at the Western Wall: If the White House told the Israeli government it would be delighted to see Israel take full control of the Temple Mount, what would we do next?

NYT continues to minimize Jews' claim to Temple Mount - opinion

I would hope that if the Gray Lady alters its stylebook on the Temple Mount, we may yet merit seeing the change in other outlets.

AUGUST 17, 2022
MEN PRAY at the Western Wall on the eve of Tisha Be’av, earlier this month. ‘The New York Times’ wrote last year that ‘The Western Wall is now used mostly by Jewish worshipers despite its also being important to Muslims.’

A Christian view of the coming Temple - opinion

A big topic in New Testament Bible prophecy: The building of the Third Temple

MAY 3, 2022
A computer-generated rendition of the Third Temple

Temple Mount: Entrance reopened to worshipers after hundreds rioted

42 Palestinians injured - Red Crescent • Stones, fireworks thrown at Western Wall • Two arrested by police

APRIL 29, 2022
WAVING HAMAS flags after Ramadan prayers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, April 22. Occupationalists seems to side with Hamas and not with peaceful Muslim worshipers.

Why Christians care about the Temple Mount - opinion

Author explains what Christians should know about recent violence on Temple Mount

APRIL 26, 2022
ByARLENE BRIDGES SAMUELS / ALL ISRAEL NEWS
People gather around the Dome of the Rock, in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City October 28, 2021

Israelis take part in Omer Temple ritual offering

The ritual is explicitly mandated in the Bible.

APRIL 19, 2022
ByADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ
Omer wave offering ceremony: Frankincense and salt

‘Don’t join the lies,’ Bennett says as Jordanian PM praises Palestinian rioters

Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh praised "every Palestinian and Jordanian Islamic Wakf worker" throwing stones at "pro-Zionists who are defiling al-Aqsa Mosque."

APRIL 18, 2022
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh speaks during a joint news conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon September 30, 2021.