Posts Tagged: Israel Temple Mount
Israel Lifts Restrictions on Access to Temple Mount as Palestinians Call for ‘Day of Rage’
Israel lifted age restrictions for the main weekly prayers at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Temple Mount on Friday, in an apparent bid to ease tensions over the...
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked Talks Temple Mount, Iran, UN, Henkin Murders (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - In the midst of what seemed like a perfect storm of major Jewish and Israel news stories this week, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked —...
Why Israel Must be a Jewish State
Israel's cabinet has approved legislation to officially define the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people. This timely measure accomplishes several important goals. It...
Israel Police Commissioner Defends Statements Opposing Visits to Temple Mount
Arutz Sheva - A spokesman for the Israel Police clarified on Wednesday evening that Commissioner Yohanan Danino, when criticizing MKs who visit the Temple Mount, did...
An Unacceptable Reality in Israel
Israelis are accustomed to the often harsh circumstances that mark their existence. But no matter how often war and terror claim the lives of Israel's...
To Pray or Not to Pray: That is the Temple Mount Question
JNS.org - There are few subjects in Israel these days that arouse greater passion than prayer rights at the Temple Mount. The dramatic uptick in...
Economist Says Jews Wanting to Pray at Temple Mount Are ‘Militants’
In a great example of the media's use of language to blur moral differences within the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, The Economist expanded the common understanding of the...
Prayer on the Temple Mount Isn’t Necessary
The rebirth of Israel, 2000 years after Rome undertook to destroy the nation by calling it Palestine, deserves celebration. And now, in the face of...
Right-Wing Activists Blocked From Entering Temple Mount
JTA - Police prevented dozens of protesting right-wing activists from ascending to the Temple Mount. The activists on Thursday night were protesting the security situation in...
My Recent Visit to the Temple Mount
This past week, within a 24-hour period, I visited two of the most distinctly opposite places in Jerusalem that one can imagine: The Temple Mount...
Secular Israeli Students Embracing Jewish Rights to Temple Mount
A growing number of secular Israeli university students are embracing Jewish rights to the Temple Mount, following months of violence against Jewish visitors and tourists...
American Rabbi Forced to Flee Temple Mount After Violent Palestinian Riots
JERUSALEM - For the first time since the beginning of the Passover holiday, the Temple Mount was opened briefly to Jewish visitors and tourists on...
Rebuild the Temple? Not in Our Time
JNS.org - Discussions about Jewish access to and control of Jerusalem's Temple Mount are drawing heated responses in both Israel's and Jordan's parliaments, even...
Why Israel’s Temple Mount Policy is Wise
JNS.org - In the 1920s, the Jerusalem Waqf, the local Muslim religious authority, published and distributed a pamphlet for visitors to the Haram...
