Metal detectors

IAA files indictment against two Fureidis residents caught carrying illegally excavated artifacts

Distelfeld and the other officials found a total of 13 ancient bronze coins, three ancient bronze items, two ancient lead items, and another 14 unidentified metal objects in the suspects' possession.

Cave from Lower Paleolithic era found south of Haifa, June 11, 2026.
Ancient coins seized during raid on home of suspected antiquities smuggler, July 28, 2026.

Authorities seize thousands of stolen artifacts in raid on antiquities smuggler's home in West Bank

Excavation of the Melsonby Hoard in Yorkshire, England, April 1, 2026.

Iron Age hoard rewrites history of wagons in Britain, may have been part of royal memorial - study

Coins seized by Border Police from vehicle of Palestinian doctor after attempted smuggling into Israel, March 23, 2026.

Palestinian doctor arrested for smuggling Second Temple-period coins from West Bank to Jerusalem


WATCH: Clashes resume as Palestinians burn cardboard metal detectors in Bethlehem

Israeli media says that at least 3,000 demonstrators also faced off with security forces in the area of the Lion's Gate.

Cardboard metal detectors in a protest in Bethlehem, July 23, 2017.

Netanyahu passes spin-detector test

What kind of political pressure is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Temple Mount metal detector saga first began with innocuous statement

“It was decided that metal detectors will be placed at entrances to the Temple Mount, and that cameras will be set up outside the mount to cover what is happening on it.”

POLICE OFFICERS man a metal detector placed this week at an entrance to the Temple Mount

Erdogan accuses Israel of violating democratic rights over Temple Mount row

Turkish President Erdogan commented on the security situation at the Temple Mount once more, bashing Israel for what he deems to be a violation of basic democratic rights.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses during an attempted coup in Istanbul, Turkey July 16, 2016.

Arab League: 'Israel is playing with fire in Jerusalem'

The organization denounced Israel's "Judaization" of the city.

THE TEMPLE MOUNT in Jerusalem

Jewish groups slam PA over Temple Mount violence

"We demand that the Palestinian Authority take immediate measures to crack down on the incitement."

A Palestinian woman argues with an Israeli border policeman at the entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City

Netanyahu calls Halamish terrorist ‘beast incited by unfathomable hatred’

Cabinet to weigh metal detector alternatives.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 3, 2017.