Posts Tagged: Temple Mount Jerusalem
Police Detain Jews Seeking Entrance to Temple Mount on Passover
JNS.org - Hundreds of Jews who attempted to visit the Temple Mount on Sunday and Monday were rushed by authorities, forced to wait for...
Court Decision on Activist Yehudah Glick Upholds Jewish Prayer at Temple Mount
JNS.org - The attorney for Jewish activist Yehudah Glick says the Jerusalem Magistrate Court's decision on Sunday has upheld the right of Jews to pray at...
Jordan Returning Ambassador to Israel as Temple Mount Tension Subsides
JNS.org - Jordan confirmed that it will return its ambassador to Israel after recalling the envoy from the Jewish state late last year over...
Number of Jewish Visitors to Temple Mount Increased by 92 Percent Since 2009
JNS.org - According to the figures, 5,658 Israeli Jews visited the Temple Mount in 2009. Then the number rose steadily year by year to a high of...
Leader of World’s Largest Islamic Group Visits Temple Mount
JNS.org - The secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, a Saudi Arabia-based umbrella group representing 57 Muslim countries, visited the Temple Mount on...
Jordan Arrests Sheikh Who Endorsed Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount (VIDEO)
Jordan has arrested a sheikh who recently ruled that Jews should have a place of prayer on the Temple Mount before retracting his statement, popular blogger Elder of...
Turkish PM Backs Palestinian Claim That Israel Reduces Jerusalem’s ‘Islamic Character’
JNS.org - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday that Turkey supports the Palestinians' "common stance" that Israel is trying to "reduce the Islamic...
Wounded Temple Mount Activist Speaks Out for First Time Since Shooting
JNS.org - Jewish Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehudah Glick, who was seriously wounded in an Oct. 29 shooting attempt on his life, on Monday...
Kerry Discusses Allaying Jerusalem Tension With Netanyahu and Abbas
JNS.org - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas...
Iran’s Khamenei Takes Rhetoric to New Level With 9-Point List for Destroying Israel
JNS.org - Iranian Supreme Leader the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is known for his anti-Zionist rhetoric, has issued perhaps his most detailed tirade to...
Chief Rabbi Urges Jews to Stay Away From Temple Mount as Arabs Riot in Jerusalem
Ynet - Riots began in East Jerusalem as Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef urged Israelis to stop attempting to enter the flashpoint Temple Mount, claiming that...
The Temple Mount and Global Jihad
On Thursday, thousands of mourners attended the funeral of Border Police Superintendent Jadan Assad, from the Druze village of Beit Jan. The 38-year-old officer was...
Arab Rioters Temporarily Shut Temple Mount to Visitors
JNS.org - Masked Arab rioters threw rocks and shot fireworks at Israeli security personnel on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Wednesday, in the...
Report: Netanyahu Secretly Met Jordanian King to Discuss Jerusalem Unrest
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Jordan's King Abdullah met secretly in Amman on Saturday in an effort to ease tensions over the...
