Tag: Temple Mount
Ritual bath dating to eve of Second Temple’s destruction uncovered near Temple Mount
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced on Wednesday that it had unearthed an ancient Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) dating back to the Late Second Temple period, or the first century C.E.
The ritual bath was...
Shavuot, the Six-Day War and the sorry ‘status quo’ on the Temple Mount
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...
Israeli security forces clash with Palestinians on Temple Mount during Shavuot
Clashes erupted on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday between Israeli security forces and Palestinians, as Jews marked the Shavuot holiday.
The Palestinian rioters barricaded themselves inside the Al Aqsa mosque, and hurled rocks...
The Muslim Brotherhood’s foreign minister
The responses elicited by the death of Al-Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh were written hundreds of years ago. Blood libels—the practice of using the death of non-Jews as a means to set up the Jewish collective...
Jordanian foreign minister challenges Israeli sovereignty on Temple Mount
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,...
President Biden to meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in White House visit
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...
Does the Temple Mount status quo actually exist?
Arabs rioted on the Temple Mount throughout the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which ended early last week. Although Palestinians initiated the violence (evidence shows they had gathered rocks and fireworks ahead of time),...
An Independence Day Question: Why Do Arabs Riot on the Temple Mount?
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...
Poll finds half of Jewish Israelis support Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
Fifty percent of the Jewish population of Israel support Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the holiest site in Judaism, according to an Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) Israeli Voice Index poll.
The survey...
Changes to the ‘status quo’ on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount since 1967
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...