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The Temple Mount

Headline / Terrorism / IDF & Security / Druze / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs

US Proposal to Remove Temple Mount Metal Detectors Being Considered

By Jewish Press News Desk

It is not yet known if Netanyahu has agreed to capitulate to the Islamic threats of violence.

Featured / Terrorism / Police and Crime / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs

Israel Installs Security Cameras on the Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

How will the Muslims react when they discover there security cameras have been installed too?

Featured / Police and Crime / The Temple Mount

Watch: Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel Arrested on Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel found himself spiritually overwhelmed during his visit to the Temple Mount.

Headline / Terrorism / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Mayor Barkat Visits Temple Mount, Pledges Al-Aqsa Will Not Be Haven for Terror

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Barkat suggested the Muslim protesters direct their anger at the terrorists who established this need for the metal detectors.

Terrorism / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Palestinian Authority's Fatah Faction Calls for 'Rage' After Temple Mount Terror Attack

By Palestinian Media Watch

Fatah likewise called on Palestinian Authority Arabs not to "enter into confrontations" with Israel "that cost us much blood without a result worth the price being paid."

Headline / IDF & Security / Jewish / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Jews Return to Temple Mount - Status Quo No More

By Jewish Press News Desk

Waqf officials refuse to go onto the Temple Mount... already a change for the better.

Featured / Terrorism / Druze / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Jordan / Israeli Arabs

Jordan Posts and then Removes Condemnation of Temple Mount Terror Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

At midnight Jordan finally posted a short-lived half-condemnation of the Temple Mount terror attack, which was then removed.

Headline / Terrorism / Druze / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs

Calculated Risk Proves Israel Can Change the Temple Mount Status Quo

By Jewish Press News Desk

There were no Muslim riots or protests in Israel in response to the closure of the Temple Mount and Old City of Jerusalem.

Featured / Terrorism / Druze / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Jordan / Israeli Arabs

Jordan Demands Temple Mount Be Reopened to Muslims

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Temple Mount was closed following the terror attack that killed two policemen and wounded 2 more.

Police and Crime / The Temple Mount

No Honeymoon on the Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tom Nisani and Sara Lurcat expect to be banned from visiting the Temple Mount

Headline / Terrorism / Police and Crime / The Temple Mount

Temple Mount Briefly Closed to Muslim Entrance Following Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Unexpectedly, the police closed the Temple Mount to Muslims visitors and not to Jews following the attack on a Jewish group.

Featured / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Jordan

Jordanian Government Says Jews Defiling the Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jordan says that the sight of Jews on the Temple Mount inflame the feelings of Muslims around the world. Too bad.

Featured / Politics / Turkey / Business and Economy / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Jordan

Report: Turkey Eclipsing Jordan in Old City, Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

One hundred years after the last Turkish soldier was chased out of Jerusalem by the invading British Empire, Turkey's channeling of millions into eastern Jerusalem is gaining sympathy and support.

Featured / IDF & Security / History / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Archaeology

Six-Day War Artifacts Unearthed by Temple Mount Sifting Project

By JNi.Media

The first Jordanian coin from the sifting was discovered on June 6, 2005, the 38th anniversary of Jerusalem’s unification.

Headline / IDF & Security / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Watch: Yishai Fleisher, 11 Minutes of Tension on Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

Our friend Yishai Fleisher was on the Temple Mount on Wednesday, Jerusalem Day, to experience and describe first hand the clashes.

Featured / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / United Nations (UN)

Nikki Haley Believes Kotel 'Part of Israel'

By JNi.Media

Trump's Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Tuesday said the Kotel was 'clearly in Jerusalem,' but failed to state that Jerusalem was part of Israel.

Featured / Police and Crime / The Temple Mount / Holocaust

Teens Arrested for Protesting Yom HaShoah Temple Mount Closure

By JNi.Media

The detective did not wear badges and refused to identify themselves.

Headline / The Temple Mount

Record Increase In Jewish Temple Mount Visits During Passover

By Jewish Press News Desk

More and more Jews are taking advantage of the opportunity to visit our holiest site.

Featured / Jewish / Government / History / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / On Campus / Education / Archaeology

Innovative Temple Mount Sifting Project Facing Termination over Funding

By JNi.Media

The Temple Mount Sifting Project was established following the illegal removal of 9,000 tons of earth from the Temple Mount by Israel's Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement and the Waqf.

Featured / IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / The Temple Mount

Supreme Court: Waqf, Police, Rule Until Government Declares 'Temple Mount Is in our Hands'

By JNi.Media

Despite their waxing philosophical, the justices did rule clearly, for the first time, that the Protection of Holy Places Law includes the Temple Mount.

Featured / Politics / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Jordan

Retaliating for 'Muezzin Law' Jordan Increases by 25% Temple Mount Waqf Agents

By JNi.Media

Last year the Waqf requested an increase from 600 to 670 agents, but then the Jordanian opposition parties demanded an increase to 800 agents and King Abdullah gave in.

Featured / Jewish / Politics / The Courts / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Religion

Court Orders Temple Mount Waqf to Pay Rightwing Attorney $15,000

By JNi.Media

The Waqf followed Itamar Ben Gvir around the Temple Mount compound, the Arabs cried Allahu Akbar, Ben Gvir then cried Am Israel Chai and was arrested.

Politics / History / News Briefs / Video of the Day / Media / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judaism

Temple Institute Issues Myth Buster: It Doesn't Have to Fall from Heaven

By JNi.Media

It turns out that the notion that the re-building of the Holy Temple is the sole responsibility of the Jewish people is the bedrock on which the Temple Institute was established.

Politics / Government / History / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Archaeology / Judaism

IAA to Inaugurate New Mikvah Path at the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park

By JNi.Media

A new path running among two-thousand year old ritual baths that were used by pilgrims visiting the Temple Mount is to be inaugurated at the Ophel site in the Walls Around Jerusalem National Park.

Jewish / Politics / Government / History / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Archaeology

Excavation Reveals Spot Where Romans Breached Jerusalem’s Wall 2,000 Years Ago

By JNi.Media

Fascinating evidence of breaking through Jerusalem’s Third Wall at the end of the Second Temple period was discovered in an excavation where the new Bezalel campus will be built.

Eye on "Palestine" / Government / History / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / On Campus / Education / United Nations (UN) / Religion / Judaism

UNESCO Executive Board Adopts Resolution to Erase Jewish History From Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

UNESCO has adopted the controversial resolution advanced by the Palestinian Authority obliterating the historic link between Judaism and Jerusalem's holy sites.

Politics / Government / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / United Nations (UN)

Ehud Barak Blames UNESCO Decision on Netanyahu

By JNi.Media

Most of the Arab countries felt the resolution was over the top, but had no choice but to support it, lest they be seen as not favoring the Palestinian Authority which pushed it.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / United Nations (UN)

UNESCO Resolution Denies Jewish Ties to Temple Mount, Kotel -- Western States Vote Against

By JNi.Media

Speaking on the eve of Sukkot, President Rivlin said, "The festivals of Israel all highlight the inextricable bond between our people and our land, and no forum or body in the world can come and deny the connection between the Jewish people, the Land of Israel and Jerusalem."

News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / United Nations (UN)

Rivlin: UNESCO “Humiliating Itself” if it Approves Resolution Denying Jewish Ties to Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

UNESCO is scheduled to vote Thursday on a Palestinian Authority initiative condemning Israel and denying Jewish ties to the city’s holy sites.

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

'Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven' at the Met

By JNi.Media

A kind of Jerusalem fever gripped much of the world from about 1000 to 1400. Across three continents, thousands made their way to the Holy City—from Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions alike.

Terrorism / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / The Knesset / Islamists / The Temple Mount

Arab Preacher gets 8 Months for Inspiring Assassination Attempt on MK Glick

By JNi.Media

A Jewish young man with hardly any influence, who was convicted last March of possessing a document that was never disseminated, was given two years in prison.

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Police: Jews Forbidden to Pray without Permit Anywhere in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter

By JNi.Media

The court's decision appears to fly in the face of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed in the 1948 General Assembly resolution 217(III).

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Archaeology

Archaeologists Restore Second Temple Courtyard Flooring with Help from Mathematician

By JNi.Media

Frankie Snyder said he succeeded in restoring the ornate tile patterns “using geometric principles, and through similarities found in tile design used by Herod at other sites.”

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Temple Mount / Judea & Samaria

Israel to Accommodate Thousands of Arabs on Holiday of Abraham's Sacrifice of Ishmael

By JNi.Media

The accommodations have all been approved by Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beiteinu), in the spirit of facilitating a life of religion and worship.

Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion

Reports: Police Using Systematic Harassment of Jews Outside Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

Jerusalem Police are so fearful of Arab rioting that they have begun to target Jews who are merely engaging in action that might potentially anger the Arabs — regardless of the fact that the action is absolutely legal.

IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / History / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judea & Samaria / Religion

Thousands March 9 B'Av Night in Support of Israeli Sovereignty in Judea and Samaria

By JNi.Media

The state of mind of "I can't do it" is the cause of defeat. That's the root of the destruction, said march organizer Yehudit Katsover.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Arabs Calling for Tisha B'Av Confrontations on Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

Of course, no Jew has even mentioned Al Aqsa mosque, because Jews, especially religious Jews, prefer to attend their services in a synagogue, thank you very much.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Israeli Public Security Minister to Outlaw Hizb ut-Tahrir Organization

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Public Security Ministry Erdan recently saw intelligence about Hizb ut-Tahrir that highlighted the activity of the organization on the Temple Mount.

News Briefs / Photo of the Day / The Temple Mount

(No) Crying on the Temple Mount

By Photo of the Day

The young man was arrested for crying while on the Temple Mount.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Waqf Engineer Distanced from Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

A building engineer working for the Islamic Waqf was brought in for questioning by the police today. The engineer was questioned in connection to construction and and maintenance activities he was undertaking that violated the antiquities law on the Temple Mount. According to the police, the man was setting up to do work near the […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Archaeology

Islamic Guards Attack Archaeologists on Temple Mount “for Picking Up Olives”

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Six Israeli archaeologists visiting the Temple Mount compound were attacked by employees of the Jordanian Waqf.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs

Arabs Riot, Temple Mount Closed to Jews

By Jewish Press News Desk

Watching the video is like watching an attack of zombies yelling "Allahu Akbar".

Politics / Global / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judaism

MK Glick Gets 93,000 Signatures Supporting Jerusalem's Unity

By JNi.Media

Each year, the printed collection of signatures, bound together in a book, is presented to a different MK.

News Briefs / Video of the Day / The Temple Mount

Yehudah Glick Visits Temple Mount for Last Time Prior to Becoming Knesset Member

By Video of the Day

Temple Mount activist and soon-to-be Likud Member of Knesset Yehuda Glick seized the final opportunity on Monday morning to visit the Temple Mount.

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / The Knesset / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel

Newest MK Yehuda Glick: 'The Reform Are Jews and the Chief Rabbis Should Meet them'

By JNi.Media

Glick also said "there should be clear instructions as to how to conduct a wedding ceremony, and just as you don't have to have a rabbi at a circumcision, under the chupah you don't need a rabbi either."

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Jewish Women to Breastfeed in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Palestinian Authority Minister Warns

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Ideiss was apparently referencing an obscure recent ruling issued not by “rabbis” but by a single “rabbanit”. Rabbanit Idit Bartov.

Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel

Woman Arrested over 'No Entry for Jews and Dogs' Sign at Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

It is a very serious matter that police do not permit Jews to protest the police own racist actions."

News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Jew Expelled From Temple Mount for Holding Tzizit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Apparently the definition of Jewish prayer is being expanded...

IDF & Security / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Judaism

Technion Rabbi Arrested at Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbi Dr. Elad Dukov of Haifa's Technion Institute of Technology was arrested Monday at the Temple Mount.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religion / Archaeology

Egyptian Amulet Bearing Name of Pharaoh Found in Soil from Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

The Temple Mount Sifting Project was initiated in response to the illegal removal of tons of earth from the Temple Mount by the Waqf in 1999.

Terrorism / News Briefs / The Temple Mount / Jordan

Jordan Cancels Temple Mount Cameras Project

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jordan faces a lot of opposition to the project by Muslims who feared their terrorists could be identified by the cameras.

Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel

Temple Institute Blames Netanyahu Govt. for UNESCO Fiasco

By JNi.Media

"UNESCO’s heinous resolution was not born in a vacuum but is a direct result of Israel’s ambivalent, nebulous policy towards the Temple Mount."

News Briefs / The Temple Mount

American Jew Arrested for Murmuring Prayers, 2nd Warned to Close Prayer App

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Netanyahu can relax, his Temple Mount status quo has been upheld.

Jewish / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / United Nations (UN) / Religion

UNESCO: Jews Have No Connection to the Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

France, Spain, Sweden, Russia and Slovenia were among the non-Arab nations who supported the resolution.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

2 Jews Arrested for Impersonating Muslims

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli police noticed two suspicious looking Arabs, turns out they were Jews...

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs

Muslim Cleric Convicted for Preaching: “Time to Slaughter the Jews” on Temple Mount

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Judge Herbst said that “when I look at the defendant, I see a human, and it is a great shame that when he looks at me, he sees an ape or a pig, destined to be mercilessly exterminated.”

Jewish / History / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Silver Trumpets Pierce the Heavens in Prayer Rally Opposite Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

The mass gathering was accompanied by trumpet blasts sounded by silver trumpets made by the Temple Institute for use in the Holy Temple.

Terrorism / News Briefs / The Temple Mount / Jordan

Jordan: Temple Mount Cameras Will Only Track Israelis

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jordan is only interested in making sure Jews don't pray on the Temple Mount.

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel

Author of Books on Laws of Temple Sacrifices Refused Entry to Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

"This police harassment over Torah publications is reminiscent of the darkest regimes we have experienced in our history."

Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Overcoming Assassination, False Charges, Rabbi Yehuda Glick Back on Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

The prosecution pulled the indictment against him when the court refused to believe the prosecution witness' outlandish lies.

Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Court Rules Against Boy Who Sang Israel's National Anthem on Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Fuah pointed out that he broke no laws, but the judge ruled that even freedom of expression and protection of our national symbols have limits.

Travel / The Temple Mount

Temple Mount Visits Down in 2015

By Shalom Bear

Islamic harassment and police restrictions have significantly reduced the number of visitors to the Temple Mount in 2015.

News Briefs / Islamists / The Temple Mount / Religion / Judaism

Court Quotes Isaiah: Jew Can Hold Out His Hands on Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police threw Yehudah Etzion off the Temple Mount for "praying" because he held out his hands.

News Briefs / Video of the Day / The Temple Mount

Yehuda Etzion Arrested on Temple Mount for Moving his Hands

By Video of the Day

The police claim he moved his hands in prayer... maybe he was just talking?

News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Two Arrested for Temple Mount Prayers

By Jewish Press News Desk

One of the arrested men was praying for a sick person to get well.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / The Temple Mount

Abbas Tells Kerry No One Can Stop Violence - at Same Time PA Promotes It

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority again lied in propaganda alleging that Jews "broke into" Al Aqsa. Kerry: "I know that the situation for Palestinians is…very dire."

News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Boy Arrested for Saying "Shema" Prayer

By Jewish Press News Desk

Avraham Fuah said the prayer out loud while on the Temple Mount.

IDF & Security / US / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / The Temple Mount / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Kerry in Israel Next Week to Squeeze Bibi for 'Good Will' for Abbas

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Fresh from understanding the "rationale" for the terror attack on Charlie Hebdo's offices, Kerry will reinforce the "rationale" for Temple Mount violence.

News Briefs / Video of the Day / The Temple Mount

Nursing Jewish Mother Kicked Off Temple Mount

By JNi.Media

Apparently the Temple Mount status quo now includes no (Jewish) breastfeeding.

News Briefs / The Temple Mount / Jordan

Jordanian King Asserts Temple Mount Cameras’ Feed to Go Only to his Palace

By JNi.Media

So much for an internet-based TempleCam with viewing access for all...

Jewish / News Briefs / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel / On Campus / Education / Religion

Left Bewails Israeli Public School Students Learning About the Temple

By JNi.Media

Religious public schools have introduced a Temple education program. The Left are terrified...

News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Netanyahu Says Police Removed Arab MK from Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu: MK Ghattas went up to the Temple Mount, not in order to pray buy only to inflame the situation.

News Briefs / The Knesset / The Temple Mount / Israeli Arabs

Home Front Minister: Arab MK's Visit to Temple Mount May Fuel Murder

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Gilad Erdan called the visit by Christian Arab MK Ghattas "contemptible. The Knesset Sneaker urged Jewish MKs to not to imitate him.

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