Open Jewish prayer, prostration on Temple Mount now ‘routine,’ activists say In recent weeks police are no longer preventing or penalizing acts at holy site as Ben Gvir pushes practice, and ...

Among the most successful political movements in Israel in recent decades has been one relating to the Temple Mount, turning what was once an exceedingly fringe view held solely by members of the ...

THE Temple Mount in Jerusalem is one of the world’s most explosive bits of real-estate. It has started to rumble again in recent weeks, with demands by Jewish militants to extend prayer rights ...

Temple Mount is considered to be one of the most contested religious sites in the world, ... In the letter, which was publicized on Monday, Kariv mentioned two recent incidents.

Police on Tuesday reportedly allowed a group of roughly 180 Jews to ascend Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Tuesday in the latest apparent departure from the fragile, yet unwritten status quo that ...

Police close Temple Mount following recent clashes By JPOST.COM STAFF MAY 16, 2013 12:02 Jerusalem Police on Thursday closed the Temple Mount to visitors following clashes in the city in recent days.

Anyone who thinks that the current government is the first to close the Temple Mount to Jewish worshipers should know that this has been the policy during the last 10 days of Ramadan for almost a ...

The Temple Mount has continued to be a political flashpoint in the Israeli–Arab conflict. During the most recent Ramadan, Palestinian Arabs rioted continuously throughout the month, stockpiling ...

The Second Intifada, for example, broke out in September 2000 after former prime minister Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount. In recent years, ... “is reminiscent of the Crusader period in the 12 ...

Since Israel captured the Old City of Jerusalem from Jordan in 1967, it has maintained a fragile religious balance at the Temple Mount, the most divisive site in Jerusalem: Only Muslims can ...