Tag: Temple Mount

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir strongly opposed the ban, contending that it is a surrender to terrorism, and may even endanger worshipers at the Western Wall.

Islamic extremists refused to allow Muslim worshippers to enter the Mosque, and even threatened the holding of afternoon prayers on Wednesday.

After 13 relatively calm days during Ramadan, except for a shooting incident on Saturday, Islamic officials in the West Bank (Juda & Samaria) and...

The obligation to bring the Korban Pesach is still in place today.

The suspect was asked by his Lebanese handler to carry out a shooting or bombing attack and was told he would receive money for the operation from local terrorists.

The terrorist stole a policeman's gun and fired at the police.

Muslims look for the crescent moon on the Temple Mount in order to determine the start of Ramadan.

“This year we will burn the area as a result of the daily attacks by Jews against Arab worshipers at Al Aqsa Mosque.”

Ghassan Majali showed up without prior coordination, causing a “very small” delay.

The British Consulate General in Jerusalem tweeted, “As a Muslim, he had the opportunity to pray in the mosque.” 

The State Department – and Blinken – condemned Ben Gvir’s visit to the Temple Mount.

Ambassador Gilad Erdan noted that Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir entered through the only non-Muslim entrance to the Temple Mount, at one of the limited designated times for Jewish admittance and made no attempt to pray.

One rocket was fired at Israel from Gaza late Tuesday night, but did not trigger a Red Alert incoming rocket siren because it did not clear the border security fence.

"I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all the families on earth will be blessed through you." Bereisheet 12:3.

After all of yesterday's "grave threats", Hamas issued a threat-less statement this morning following Ben Gvir's visit to the Temple Mount.

This is a well-known tactic that Hamas frequently uses to avoid having to act on their threats.

Security forces believed it would be a bad idea if Ben-Gvir has folded and not gone up after the Hamas threats.

"I would be delighted if every evening's newscast begins with reports dealing with the question of when I intend to visit the Temple Mount."

Abdullah II also warned that PA Arabs may launch another terror war - Abdullah hasn't been following the news.

They are creating a new fund for Koranic studies on the Temple Mount to strengthen Islamic ties to the Jewish holy site.

Pipes told his host that he had ascended the Mount after the Six-Day War.

"Suddenly, I saw the policemen running, I turned around and saw them taking down a large Arab man."

She remembers how during WW2 her parents hid 22 Jews (as well as a few non-Jews).

Marriage contracts will now be processed at the Al Aqsa Mosque rather than in a Sharia Court office in eastern Jerusalem.

On Monday, prior to the election that he won decisively a day later, Netanyahu said he would “maintain the status quo.”

Three policemen were wounded.

“The status quo will not be broken,” he concluded resolutely.

Levites practice for their future service in the Temple, on the steps up to the Temple Mount.

"The court has once again ruled that banning Jewish ascenders from the Temple Mount is illegal."

The guide's arrest followed the detentions of Avi Kugel, Eliassaf Ofan, and Ariel Guggenheim. All were arrested and banned from the site for various periods by police.