Tag: Temple Mount
Omani FM seeking Temple Mount visit during Ramallah trip
Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi plans to visit Palestinian Authority-controlled Ramallah in the coming weeks and is seeking to visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in coordination with Israeli authorities.
Albusaidi contacted the Israeli...
Likud MK’s plan spotlights discrimination on Temple Mount
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...
Israel brushes up against ‘status quo’ atop Temple Mount
U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller on Monday criticized as “provocative” recent visits by Israeli ministers and lawmakers to the Temple Mount.
After calling for all parties to “respect the sanctity” of the site, Miller...
Knesset members visit Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day
Several Knesset members visited the Temple Mount in celebration of Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the reunification of Israel’s capital during the Six-Day War in 1967.
Likud Party MKs Amit Halevi, Ariel Kallner and Dan Illouz...
Jordanian FM accused of aggravating Temple Mount tensions
The diplomatic dispute between Jerusalem and Amman over the security situation on the Temple Mount remains hot, with a senior Israeli official accusing the Jordanian foreign minister of fanning the flames.
Senior Israeli officials are pointing the...
2,200 Jews ascend Temple Mount since start of Passover
More than 2,200 Jews have ascended Temple Mount, located in Jerusalem’s Old City, since Passover began on April 5.
Of those, some 1,200 visited Judaism’s holiest site on Monday, Israeli officials said.
Tensions remain high at...
Erdogan calls Herzog to express concern over security escalation on Temple Mount
Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke on Saturday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who expressed his concern over the security situation in Jerusalem and on the Temple Mount.
Erdoğan also expressed his condolences for the...
‘Israel is an independent country’: Ben-Gvir vows to return to Temple Mount
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir vowed on Wednesday to continue visiting the Temple Mount, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Jordan’s king that he would uphold the status quo governing interfaith...
Ben Shapiro at Temple Mount: Jews face apartheid there
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...
Judaism deserves as much respect as Islam
It turns out that there are some stunts in the era of clickbait journalism that really do go too far. When news reporter Gil Tamari of Israeli TV Channel 13 snuck into the city of Mecca earlier...