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Israeli activist group decries 'aggressive policy on the Temple Mount' ahead of Ramadan

Ir Amim decried what it described as recent “violations” of the status quo, which, up until recently, banned Jewish people from praying at the site.

Jews visit the Temple Mount, the site where the First and Second Temples once stood. Holy to both Jews and Muslims, it has been a flashpoint since 1967.
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Temple Mount’s delicate balance tested as Jewish prayer, Ramadan crowds meet

Pessah cleaning at Western Wall

Refurbishment work begins at Little Kotel in Muslim Quarter – report

 A view shows the Dome of the Rock on Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, February 20, 2024

Jerusalem Police ramp up security measures ahead of Ramadan


Court upholds prayer rights outside Temple Mount gates

The judge ruled that the girls had every right to pray at the site and rejected a request by the police to place a restraining order on them from the Old City for 90 days.

A general view of Jerusalem shows the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount December 6, 2017.

Olive branch sparks Temple Mount spat for congressmen

The “irony” that it was an olive branch that got them into trouble was not lost on them, Tipton said.

Police detain congressmen Scott Tipton (left) and David McKinley (3rd left) on the Temple Mount yesterday

Will egalitarian worship at Robinson’s Arch foment unrest in Jerusalem?

The Islamic Wakf, haredi Jews and the Israeli archaeological community all oppose the creation of a mixed prayer area there.

Jérusalem illuminée lors du festival de musique sacrée

Letter by Rav Kook gives Temple activists a boost

The rabbi was writing his letter amidst the brutal Arab riots of 1929, which included the Hebron Massacre, over Jewish access to the Western Wall.

TEMPLE MOUNT ACTIVISTS claim a recently revealed letter authored by former chief rabbi Rav Kook supports their position on visiting the holy site in modern Israel times.

Arab, Jewish MKs to visit Temple Mount at separate times

The visitation allowance - a single day - is a pilot test after legislators were banned from the compound nearly 2 years ago.

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Likud lawmaker sets up office near Temple Mount to protest visit ban

“There’s no reason in the world to think that my entering the Temple Mount will stir trouble,” Likud lawmaker Yehuda Glick said.

Yehuda Glick outside Temple Mount.

Foreign Press Association petitions Israel's High Court over interference

The FPA regards journalists' treatment as “a shameful performance for a country that boasts that it is the Middle East’s only democracy and claims to be committed to freedom of the press.”

Palestinians walk next to Israeli security forces at the entrance of the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount at morning after Israel removed the new security measures there, in Jerusalem's Old City

Record 1,200 Jews visit Mount on Tisha Be’av

More than 1,200 Jews visited the Temple Mount on Tuesday morning in commemoration of the destruction of the ancient Temples in Jerusalem on the fast of Tisha Be’av, activist groups said.

A Tisha B'Av morning prayer service is conducted at the entrance gate to the Temple Mount before worshipers go up to the site

Jerusalem prayer-protests pass peacefully

After Temple Mount opened to men under 50, thousands come to al-Aksa.

Palestinian women celebrate outside Temple Mount in Jerusalem

One killed in violent clashes in Gaza amid Temple Mount tensions

16-year-old Abed al-Rahman Abu al-Maysa was killed east of al-Bureij camp in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

The Dome of the Rock is seen in the background as a man waves a Palestinian flag upon entering the Temple Mount, after Israel removed all security measures it had installed at the compound, in Jerusalem's Old City July 27, 2017.