Posts Tagged: Temple Mount Jews
Palestinian Youths on Temple Mount Launch Fireworks, Stones at Israeli Police
JNS.org - Violence engulfed the Temple Mount on Sunday when dozens of masked Muslims attacked Jewish pilgrims and Israeli police officers with firebombs and rocks amid...
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...
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...
Prayer on the Temple Mount Isn’t Necessary
The rebirth of Israel, 2000 years after Rome undertook to destroy the nation by calling it Palestine, deserves celebration. And now, in the face of...
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...
Wounded Temple Mount Activist Yehudah Glick’s Condition Improves
JNS.org - Rabbi Yehudah Glick, a promoter of Jewish access to the Temple Mount who has been in the hospital since he was shot...
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...
Abbas Likens Closing of Temple Mount to Declaration of War
Jerusalem Post - Following the closure of the Temple Mount to Jews and Arabs in the wake of an assassination attempt of a right-wing activist...
Haaretz More Biased Against Jews Than Arab Media
Al Arabiya: Al Bawaba: Ma'an: Haaretz: While Arab media at least put scare quotes around "attacks" or changes the word to the less inflammatory "provocations," Haaretz not only...
Israel’s Lieberman: Abbas is Anti-Semite Trying to Ignite Holy War
JNS.org - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Saturday that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is responsible for the recent unrest in eastern Jerusalem. Lieberman's...
Hundreds of Jews Ascend Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av, Confronted by Muslim Protesters
JERUSALEM - Hundreds of Jews ascended the Temple Mount on Tuesday morning to mark Tisha B'Av, the Jewish national day of mourning and fasting for...
Did Pope Francis Call for Jewish Worship on the Temple Mount?
The official text of the speech Pope Francis gave in front of Israeli president Shimon Peres began: I am grateful to you, Mr President, for your kind...
Temple Mount Closed After Muslim Worshipers Riot, Injuring Two Officers
JTA - The Temple Mount was closed to visitors after Muslim worshipers threw stones and firebombs at police offers guarding the Mughrabi gate near the...
Polls Says Nearly Half of Israelis Support ‘Women of the Wall’
Nearly half of Israelis, 48 percent, support of the group known as Women of the Wall's right to hold traditional Jewish prayer services at the...
