Tag: Temple Mount

Bennett noted that 'twice in the past 15 years we were a hair's breadth away from handing over the Temple Mount, the Mount of Olives, the City of David, and three quarters of the Old City to the Palestinians, by [former Prime Ministers] Barak and Olmert.'

MK Rabbi Yehuda Glick, founder and years-long director of the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation, has remained dedicated to bringing Jews to tour the sacred site.

It seems we're more divided than ever before from Reform fury over the Kotel compromise to Ultra-Orthodox rage at the IDF draft. Today on Israel Inspired Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel discuss could the key to redemption be hidden within this internal Jewish strife?

Alas, this dispute is not over a connection to God but over political turf, both regarding the Kotel and the conversions.

The happy couple had to perform their Temple Mount wedding ceremony surreptitiously, otherwise the police would have arrested them.

Throughout the night dozens of Arabs threw stones at IDF soldiers who guarded the entrance to the holy site, and the Jews inside. They also threw Molotov cocktails.

A Turkish organization which is partly funded by the Turkish government has invested in a project designed to transport half a million Israeli Arabs...

This is not an uncommon behavior of the Israel Police, which regularly awards Muslim violence with curbs against Jews.

"It is important to make clear, before the start of a diplomatic process, that Jerusalem will never be divided under any circumstance."

Police have been on hand throughout the month to preserve law and order, which resulted, not surprisingly, in enhanced law and order.

The Municipality removes garbage from the main roads and ensures that parks and public gardens are cleaned during Ramadan, to provide a dignified atmosphere for all celebrants.

Unexpectedly, the police closed the Temple Mount to Muslims visitors and not to Jews following the attack on a Jewish group.

“It is an Islamic endowment that is absolutely forbidden to be under the sovereignty of anyone other than Muslims,” a Palestinian Authority official said.

US Ambassador Nikki Haley is expected to visit the Old City of Jerusalem during her visit to Israel.

The attack plot was aimed at discouraging non-Islamic visitors from coming to the Temple Mount.

So disrespectful.

Jordan says that the sight of Jews on the Temple Mount inflame the feelings of Muslims around the world. Too bad.

One hundred years after the last Turkish soldier was chased out of Jerusalem by the invading British Empire, Turkey's channeling of millions into eastern Jerusalem is gaining sympathy and support.

Netanyahu concluded, 'Anyone who thinks we have a blank check [from the Trump Administration] is sadly mistaken.'

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin called it "an important decision that will change the face of the city and significantly upgrade the tourist experience."