Temple mount access

Israel to allow up to 10,000 Palestinians to ascend Temple Mount per day during Ramadan

Up to 10,000 Palestinians per day will access the Temple Mount during Ramadan, with age restrictions in place and mandatory digital documentation at crossings, subject to security approval.

FEBRUARY 18, 2026|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Muslim worshippers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 28, 2025.

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.

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.

FEBRUARY 15, 2026|ByGOLDIE KATZ

Temple Mount’s delicate balance tested as Jewish prayer, Ramadan crowds meet

For decades after 1967, the Temple Mount was defined by a simple rule: Jews could visit but not pray. Small but meaningful changes are quietly shifting that balance.

FEBRUARY 13, 2026|ByNATAN ROTHSTEIN

Refurbishment work begins at Little Kotel in Muslim Quarter – report

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

MAY 5, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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.

Muslims Need Not Fear Israel

JULY 18, 2017ByYISRAEL ROSENBERG

They Do Not Share

JULY 18, 2017ByDOVID BEN-MEIR

The Temple Mount was Bought and Paid-for by King David

JULY 18, 2017ByVINCENT CIMATO

Temple Mount reopens to Jewish visitors days after deadly attack

The first small group of Jewish visitors that entered the compound on Monday morning said the Mourners Kadish prayer for the fatalities in Friday's attack.

JULY 17, 2017ByALON HACHMON, JPOST.COM STAFF

First group of Jews viting Temple Mount after Terror attack July 17

WATCH: Secret illegal Jewish wedding on Temple Mount

Did they dare break a glass as well?

JUNE 29, 2017ByARIANE MANDELL, EYTAN HALON

Glick files Supreme Court petition to allow MK visits to Temple Mount

"I am doing it with mixed emotions and hoping that the PM will change his mind"

MARCH 28, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM

MK Yehudah Glick submitting the petition at the Supereme Court

Netanyahu assesses allowing ministers and MKs to visit Temple Mount

According to the committee’s decision, the only restriction on lawmakers visiting the Temple Mount would be that they coordinate with the police ahead of time.

MARCH 27, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM