Posts Tagged: Temple Mount Israel
Second Temple Flooring From King Herod’s Jerusalem Courtyard Restored
JNS.org - For the first time, 2,000-year-old flooring from King Herod’s Second Temple courtyard in Jerusalem has been restored by archaeologists. Elaborately decorated floor tiles were discovered...
Israeli Officials Denied Entrance to Temple Mount During Passover for ‘Security Reasons’
Israeli MPs and ministers have been banned from entering a key religious compound in Jerusalem "for security reasons" during the Jewish Passover festival which begins...
Israeli Police Arrest Jewish Activists Planning Passover Sacrifice on Temple Mount
Israeli police detained seven people on Friday on suspicion of planning to sacrifice lambs on the Temple Mount compound, also known as the Haram al-Sharif...
UNESCO Approves Resolution Ignoring Jewish Ties to Temple Mount, Western Wall
JNS.org - The executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted a resolution on Friday that ignores Jewish ties to the...
Jordanian Preacher Questioned Over Temple Mount Incitement
JNS.org - Israeli police officers from the Jerusalem District last Friday briefly detained Jordanian Sheikh Muhammad Salim for questioning after the Muslim preacher made inciting remarks...
Anti-Israel Resolutions Expected to Pass at UN
A number of anti-Israeli resolutions are expected to pass on Monday at the United Nations ahead of next week's anniversary of the 1947 UN vote...
Jerusalem’s Mufti Says Temple Mount Was Never Site of Jewish Temple
Jerusalem's grand mufti, the Muslim cleric who is in charge of Jerusalem's Islamic holy sites, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday said that the Temple...
UNESCO Condemns Israel, But Drops Bid for Western Wall to Be Declared Muslim Holy Site
JNS.org - UNESCO has approved a resolution condemning Israel for its alleged attempts to change the status quo on the Temple Mount, but a bid to...
Trouble in Paradise and the Unlikely Place Where I Found Hope
JNS.org - In the first days of the New Year, I received a notification from the U.S. government to avoid certain places in the capital of...
Temple Mount Project Unearths Rare Seal Dating Back to King David Era
JNS.org - A rare stone seal that is believed to date back to the periods of King David and Solomon in the 10th century BCE was...
After Christmas, Being Present
JNS.org - In our family, the wrappings and gifts of Christmas morning have all been put away, but the Christmas season that follows the...
Palestinians Hold Pro-Hamas Rally on Temple Mount, Pledge Support to Mohammad Deif
Jerusalem Post - Dozens of Palestinians, some of them dressed in balaclavas with the trademark green headband and Hamas insignia, waved Hamas banners during a...
Is Palestinian Terror Really Part of a Cycle of Violence?
An emerging narrative about the current outbreak of Palestinian violence - which now includes a massacre of Jewish worshipers in a Jerusalem synagogue - is...
Israel Lifts Age Restrictions for Muslims Visiting Temple Mount
CNN - Israeli police on Friday dropped age restrictions at the Temple Mount, allowing Muslims of all ages to pray at the holy site. But police...
