Temple mount access

Refurbishment work begins at Little Kotel in Muslim Quarter – report

PM Netanyahu approved the renovations and maintenance work after months of internal government discussions.

Pessah cleaning at Western Wall
 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

 MUSLIM WORSHIPERS attend Friday prayers during Ramadan at the al-Aqsa compound last March. For Hamas and its supporters, the war with Israel is a war for the Temple Mount, the writer contends.

Israeli security echelon pushes for limited Temple Mount access ahead of Ramadan - report

 Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the preacher of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, sits in his living room after an interview with Reuters in Jerusalem, February 21, 2024.

MKs visit Sheikh who eulogized Hamas leader Haniyeh, sparking new concerns


Jordan condemns Jewish ascent to Temple Mount by 'occupying power'

Tisha Be'av in eyes of Jordanian and PA officials and media: "Jews storm Al-Aqsa in 'central occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem."

Jewish visitors on the Temple Mount on July 22, 2018

Don’t visit the Temple Mount

I still thought I’d be able to steal at least a moment of inner peace and use it to feel something special.

Orthodox Jews on the Temple Mount

Three Knesset members ascend Temple Mount, continuing wave of visits

Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lifted a three-year ban permitting Knesset members to ascend the Temple Mount.

ehuda Glick (R),  Amir Ohana (C) and Shuli Moalem-Rafaeli (L) vist the Temple Mount, July 9, 2018

Palestinian Authority strongly condemns Jews visiting Temple Mount

The strongly-worded statement comes after member of Knesset and Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel ascended the Temple Mount earlier in the day.

THE TEMPLE MOUNT in Jerusalem

Palestinian Authority strongly condemns Jews visiting Temple Mount

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein urged all Knesset members to “avoid unnecessary provocations.”

Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount for Jerusalem Day, May 13, 2018

Palestinian Authority strongly condemns Jews visiting Temple Mount

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein urged all Knesset members to “avoid unnecessary provocations.”

Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount for Jerusalem Day, May 13, 2018

Report: Netanyahu to let MKs ascend Temple Mount again

Likud MK Yehudah Glick went up in January, one month after his wife Yafi's death to honor her memory, but there have been prohibitions on MKs going to the Mount for some two years.

Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount for Jerusalem Day, May 13, 2018

Jewish visitation to Temple Mount during Passover nearly doubles from 2017

Over 2500 Jews visited the Temple Mount during Passover, and many activists participated in a ritual sacrifice at the foot of the compound.

JEWS WILL have to keep on looking at the Temple Mount from a distance.

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