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Jerusalem District Police Commander Doron Yedid speaks with media at the Mughrabi Bridge in the Old City of Jerusalem after clashes broke out on the Temple Mount, on August 11, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Arab countries blast Israel over Tisha B’Av Temple Mount clashes

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Voices from across the Arab and Muslim world expressed outrage Sunday in the wake of violent clashes between Muslim worshippers and Israeli security forces on Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Tisha B’Av, which this...
Thousands of Muslim worshippers confront Israeli police on the Temple Mount in protest against Jews assembling to enter the site for Tisha B'Av, a holiday marking the destruction of the two Temples. Aug. 11, 2019. Source: Screenshot.

Record number of Jews visit Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av, despite riots

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Riots erupted on the Temple Mount on Sunday, as Muslims celebrating Eid al-Adha (“Festival of Sacrifice”) attempted to prevent Jews from entering. Police ultimately pushed back against the protesters to allow a record-breaking number...
A view of the Temple Mount. Credit: Judy Lash Balint.

Temple Mount comes alive (literally) in new exhibit in Jerusalem

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A few years ago, The New York Times called Temple Mount “the world’s most contested piece of real estate.” This week, a new exhibit of photographs of the site that’s holy to billions of people around the...
Palestinians hold a prayer rally outside the “Gate of Mercy” on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on March 1, 2019. Photo by Sliman Khader/Flash90.

Islamic Waqf refuses order of Israeli court to withdraw from Temple Mount ‘Gate of...

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The Islamic Waqf Council, the Jordanian-led Muslim religious body that shares control of the Temple Mount with Israeli authorities, openly refused an Israeli court order to close an area Arab rioters opened by force...
Tourists take in the view of the Dome of the Rock and Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives platform overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, on Oct. 11, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Jordanians give substantial control of the Temple Mount to Palestinians

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Jordan has expanded a council that administers Muslim institutions on the Temple Mount, giving Palestinians 40 percent of the seats for the first time in a body previously reserved for trusted individuals close to...
Former MK Shuli Mualem of the Jewish Home Party at the Western Wall plaza after visiting the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Aug. 29, 2017, after Knesset members received permission to go up to the site. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Abbas adviser: Israeli Knesset members on Temple Mount equals ‘Zionist ISIS-ism’

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Mahmoud al-Habbash, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ adviser on religious affairs, told the official P.A. daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida this month that the presence of Jewish Israeli Knesset members in Jerusalem and on the Temple Mount “defiles”...
Fighting broke out on Jerusalem Day on the Temple Mount. Source: Screenshot

‘Jerusalem Day’ fight breaks out on Temple Mount

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Fighting between Jews and Arabs erupted on the Temple Mount on Sunday morning, as Jews ascended the holy site on Jerusalem Day. Some eyewitnesses stated that Arabs lashed out in rage against Jews who began...

Jordan blasts Israel for letting Jews pray at Temple Mount

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The government of King Abdullah Hussein of Jordan has filed an official complaint with Israel’s Foreign Ministry for allowing members of the Jewish faith to utter Jewish prayers outside the entrance to the Temple...

Rare trove of coins dating to Jewish revolt unearthed in Jerusalem

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The Israeli Nature and Parks Authority announced that a team of archeologists unearthed a trove of rare bronze coins on Monday dating from the last years of the Roman-Jewish War (66-73 CE) in a...

Jewish worshipers, police clash on Temple Mount

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Israel Police and a group of Jewish worshipers clashed on Wednesday in the Temple Mount compound. Police said that a group Jewish visitors violated the terms of the visit and created a provocation that caused a...