Muslims on the Temple Mount – Judaism’s holiest site – engaged in a clearly orchestrated assault on Israeli police protecting the site on the very day that Jews worldwide mourned the destruction of the First and Second Jewish temples.
Police forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque during clashes with Muslim worshipers Friday afternoon that led to an hours-long closure of the Jerusalem holy site.
TEL AVIV – A overwhelming majority of Israelis (77%) believe that the government’s decision to remove metal detectors at the Temple Mount following rioting by Muslims signified capitulation on Israel’s part, according to a poll commissioned by Israel’s Channel 2.
TEL AVIV – Violent clashes with Israeli security forces erupted as thousands of Palestinian Muslims returned on Thursday to the Temple Mount for afternoon prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque in celebration of Israel’s removal of all security measures installed at the site since a terror attack there saw two Israeli-Druze policemen murdered by three Arab gunmen two weeks ago.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ ruling Fatah party on Saturday called for a campaign “to take control of the Al-Aqsa mosque.”
The IDF said on Thursday it was preparing to deploy five battalions to prevent the spread of violent clashes from Jerusalem to the West Bank, ahead of massive Muslim protests anticipated on Friday outside the Temple Mount.
TEL AVIV – New footage showing how guns were smuggled onto the Temple Mount prior to Friday’s terror attack that killed two police officers was released Thursday by Israel police and the Shin Bet security agency.
TEL AVIV – Jewish visitors were barred from entering the Temple Mount Wednesday morning after several were caught breaking the rules and praying with sacred books, police said.
TEL AVIV – Knesset Speaker MK Yuli Edelstein on Monday slammed his Jordanian counterpart for praising the Arab-Israeli terrorists who killed two police officers in Jerusalem, telling the Jordanian Speaker of the House to “shut up” if he didn’t have the gumption to condemn terrorism.
JERUSALEM — Muslim rioters engaged in violent clashes targeting Israeli security forces in Jerusalem’s Old City near a main entrance to the Temple Mount, with reports of at least 34 people injured, including 14 requiring hospitalization.
TEL AVIV — At least three people were injured on Monday when dozens of Palestinian Muslim worshippers clashed with Israeli security forces outside a main entrance to the Temple Mount.
TEL AVIV – The Jordanian parliament on Sunday praised the Temple Mount terrorists, less than 24 hours after King Abdullah II condemned the attack in a call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
TEL AVIV — Members of the Waqf, the Islamic custodians of the Temple Mount, protested new security measures put into place by Israel on Sunday to screen visitors to the sensitive spot that is considered Judaism’s holiest site.
JERUSALEM — In the face of highly distorted criticism against Israel from Arab states, the Trump White House on Saturday defended Israel’s security decision to temporarily close the Temple Mount to worshipers following a deadly Palestinian terrorist attack at the Mount.
JERUSALEM – The Arab League and Jordan both separately condemned Israel for temporarily closing the Temple Mount on Friday but failed to mention the deadly Palestinian terrorist attack at the Mount that prompted Israel to enforce the closure for national security reasons.
Israeli archaeologists on Thursday presented new details of what they said were the first tiny artifacts, unearthed in situ on the Temple Mount, ever conclusively dated to the time of the First Temple over 2,600 years ago.
TEL AVIV – The chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday lashed back at Jordan’s allegations of Israeli misconduct at the Temple Mount, saying the holy site will not be governed by the rules of Mecca and Medina, the Saudi Arabian cities where entrance is prohibited to non-Muslims.
TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority slammed Israel’s decision to expand the prayer section of the Western Wall to accommodate egalitarian services, with the claim that the “Jews have no connection to it whatsoever.” The PA further claimed that the
In another chapter of the ongoing story of Muslim harassment on the Temple Mount, a Jerusalem Post reporter was subjected to intimidation as she went to the holy site on a personal-turned-professional visit.
