Posts Tagged: Temple Mount
Status Quo Violations on the Temple Mount Continue
JNS.org - On Sunday night, four suspects were detained at the Mercy Gate of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Police had spotted the...
Israeli Police Quell Temple Mount Riots After Jewish Visitors Enter for Jerusalem Day
Riots broke out on the Temple Mount on Sunday after the Israel Police permitted Jewish visitors to enter the site in honor of Jerusalem Day,...
In Jerusalem, Thousands Pray at Al-Aqsa on Last Friday of Ramadan
Tens of thousands of Muslims attended prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem amid tight security on the last Friday of Ramadan. Worshipers, including Palestinians and pilgrims...
A Professor’s Sins and the Temple Mount
JNS.org - In an op-ed by Mick Dumper, a professor of Middle East politics at the University of Exeter and author of a book on Jerusalem, we read this prognosis: "Flushed...
Arab Authorities Abuse Their Power Over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
JNS.org - Jordan took the dramatic step last week of significantly increasing Palestinian Arab control over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. As a result, the antisemitic...
We Must Stop All Intolerance at Jerusalem’s Holy Places
JNS.org - How much violence should be tolerated at holy sites? If your answer is selective rather than a total condemnation, then we have a...
Jordan’s Survival Depends on Al-Aqsa
JNS.org - If one sign that the messiah is coming is the appearance of supernatural phenomena, then given the situation in Jerusalem, we are on...
Palestinian Shot Dead After Running at IDF Soldiers With Knife in West Bank
Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man after he ran toward them with a knife in the West Bank on Tuesday, the military said. In the...
The Golden Gate: A New Focus of Tension on the Temple Mount
JNS.org - The new Muslim Waqf council on the Temple Mount intends to revamp the Golden Gate, or "Gate of Mercy,” and use it as...
Chipping Away at the Status Quo on the Temple Mount
JNS.org - Palestinians in Jerusalem achieved the victory they had been longing for on Friday: Muslim worshipers crowding into the Golden Gate area of the...
Jordan Renews Request to Build a Fifth Minaret on the Temple Mount
JNS.org - Jordan has asked Israel to allow it to build a fifth minaret on the Temple Mount at the eastern wall facing the Mount...
Don’t Use the Temple Mount to Placate Jordan
JNS.org - Israel’s upcoming negotiations with Jordan about renewing the lease agreements for the lands in the Jordan Valley and in the Arava Desert may...
Four Israeli Police Officers Injured in Temple Mount Unrest
Four Israeli police officers were injured and 24 Arab rioters were arrested in violent clashes on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Friday. The Hebrew news...
Jordan Formally Complains to Israel About Allowing Jews to Visit the Temple Mount
On Sunday, more than 1,000 Jews visited the site of the Holy Temples on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in order to commemorate the anniversary...
