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Likud MK Amit Halevi in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Source: Twitter

Likud MK’s plan spotlights discrimination on Temple Mount

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A Likud lawmaker’s plan to divide the Temple Mount between Jews and Muslims has drawn outrage from Muslim political, religious and terrorist corners. The real outrage, say Temple Mount activists, is that Jews don’t...
American Jewish conservative political commentator and columnist Ben Shapiro at the Temple Mount on July 24, 2022. Photo by Michael Miller.

Ben Shapiro at Temple Mount: Jews face apartheid there

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On Sunday afternoon, Ben Shapiro, the editor emeritus of The Daily Wire, ascended to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to pray with his parents and a group of followers. Shapiro’s first visit to the Temple Mount was...
Gaza City residents burn Israeli flags and pictures of Israeli officials after a Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ruled that Jews may pray on the Temple Mount. May 25, 2022. Photo by Attia Muhammed/Flash90.

Shavuot, the Six-Day War and the sorry ‘status quo’ on the Temple Mount

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Israeli and Diaspora Jews visiting the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday to celebrate Shavuot—the holiday marking the revelation of the Torah to Moses at Mount Sinai—were greeted by angry Palestinians. The latter, mostly young...
Palestinians protest on the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on April 15, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

Jordanian foreign minister challenges Israeli sovereignty on Temple Mount

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Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said earlier this week that “Israel has no sovereignty over the holy sites in Jerusalem.” “Israel has no sovereignty over the Al-Aqsa mosque. It is a Muslim place of worship,...
King Abdullah II of Jordan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

President Biden to meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in White House visit

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U.S. President Joe Biden will meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Hussein at the White House on Friday. According to a White House news release, the meeting “will reinforce the close friendship and...

An Independence Day Question: Why Do Arabs Riot on the Temple Mount?

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Arab riots on the Temple Mount in opposition to any Jewish presence on the Jewish people’s most holy site have exposed what the Arab-Israeli conflict is all about. It’s not about the lack of...
A Jewish group tours the Temple Mount under police supervision. Note the 'Al-Quds' caption claiming they were “breaking into the Al-Aqsa mosque” on the “so-called Passover holiday.” Source: Al-Quds.

Changes to the ‘status quo’ on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount since 1967

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The status quo on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, as formulated by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan in 1967, no longer exists. Today, the reality on the mount is very different from what it...
Students at the Waqf-run school for girls in eastern Jerusalem. Source: Facebook.

Glorifying martyrdom, eastern Jerusalem school marks ‘Shahid Day’

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A Waqf-run elementary school for girls in Jerusalem recently marked “Palestinian Shahid Day” and held educational activities on the subject of martyrdom. The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf is an Islamic trust that controls and manages the...
Photo by Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia

Applying the Abraham Accords to the Temple Mount

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During a weekly lesson delivered from the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in the wake of the beheading of French school teacher Samuel Paty, Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Issam Amira stated that “it...
Muslim children play with pigeons at the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem's Old City, on Jan. 31, 2020. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

Turkey opens new Islamic center near Western Wall

While Israel, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are holding talks about including Saudi representatives in the Islamic Waqf, which administers the Temple Mount compound, new details are emerging about a new Islamic...