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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

The police are also focused on the terrorists who were released to neighborhoods in east Jerusalem as part of the current hostage-prisoner exchange.

|ByEFRAT PORSHER
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

Ramadan often presents a security challenge in Jerusalem, but this may be greater this year given the ongoing seven-front war and Operation Iron Wall in the West Bank.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Ekrima Sabri, preacher of Al-Aqsa mosque, has a history of support for terror and antisemitism

|ByOHAD MERLIN

European Coalition for Israel: Christian groups biased against Israel

World Council of Churches blamed Israel for recent violence.

JULY 25, 2017ByBENJAMIN GLATT
An Israeli soldier looks over a massive prayer session outside the Lions' Gate in Jerusalem, July 2017

Three arrested for saying Kaddish for slain family on the Temple Mount

Rabbi said that if forced to chose between obeying the law and pursuing justice "of course I'm going to violate the law."

JULY 25, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Avi Abromowitz arrested for saying Kaddish at the Temple Mount

Muslim worshipers still refusing to enter Temple Mount

Jewish Temple Mount activist groups posted pictures of the site completely empty on Monday morning.

JULY 25, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON
Temple Mount

Erdan: No Israeli security agency objected to Temple Mount metal detectors

Minister of Internal Security told Army Radio that "the IDF, the Shin-Bet and the Police were involved in the decision-making process, and none of them objected."

JULY 23, 2017ByARIEL WHITMAN
Gilad Erdan

The Temple Mount charade

There is nothing better to set the Arab world on fire than false claims that the Jewish state is altering the status quo on the Temple Mount.

JULY 22, 2017ByYAAKOV KATZ
JEWS WILL have to keep on looking at the Temple Mount from a distance.

In Pictures: Day of violent clashes over Jerusalem's Temple Mount

Violent protests erupted on Friday as tensions reached new heights over security measures placed at Temple Mount. Three protesters died during the confrontations.

JULY 21, 2017ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Palestinians clash with Israeli security outside the Old City of Jerusalem

Amman: Thousands protest against Israel's Temple Mount security measures

Thousands chanted 'The people want liberation of al-Aksa', Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood demands action.

JULY 21, 2017ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
Temple Mount protest Jordan July 21 17

Know Comment: What status quo?

The Palestinians have repeatedly violently violated the Temple Mount in recent years.

JULY 20, 2017ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
POLICE OFFICERS man a metal detector placed this week at an entrance to the Temple Mount

Israel: UNESCO is a full partner in Palestinian incitement

Israel's UNESCO ambassador in Paris condemned UNESCO's actions as helping encourage Palestinian incitement.

JULY 20, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel's envoy to UNESCO Carmel Shama-Hacohen puts the resolution on Jerusalem in the trashbin of history

Netanyahu: No decision made yet on Temple Mount metal detectors

Israel explaining to Arab world there is no change in Temple Mount status quo

JULY 19, 2017ByHERB KEINON, UDI SHAHAM
An Israeli police officer checks the identity of a Palestinian man next to newly installed metal detectors at an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City July 16, 2017.