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'We prevented the destruction of Third Temple': Netanyahu shares message on eve of Tisha B'av

"Instead of a civil war, we were brothers fighting shoulder to shoulder to repel those who seek our lives," he added, pointing out that the nation "saved Israel together."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Negev Conference in Dimona, July 14, 2026
A Jewish man worships during a visit to Al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, July 15, 2026. The Dome of the Rock can be seen in the background.

US House passes Temple Mount amendment to advocate for Jewish prayer rights

 A FLAG march takes place through the Old City on Jerusalem Day, in May. Israel will become a bi-national state and its Jewish expressions, including the national flag, will lose their status and their meaning, the writer warns.

Jerusalem Day: Why are Jews ashamed of reclaiming Jerusalem? - opinion

 MUSLIM WORSHIPERS attend Friday prayers during Ramadan at the al-Aqsa compound last March. For Hamas and its supporters, the war with Israel is a war for the Temple Mount, the writer contends.

Israeli security echelon pushes for limited Temple Mount access ahead of Ramadan - report


Jordanian minister visits the Temple Mount

Jordan is considered the guardian of Christian and Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, according to agreements between it and Israel.

A general view of Jerusalem shows the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount December 6, 2017.

Germany charges Palestinian with murder of Christians over Temple Mount tensions

The man carried out a lethal stabbing attack at a supermarket in Germany after Israel placed metal detectors at the entrance to Jerusalem's Temple Mount, blaming the country for inaction.

Police outside the Hamburg supermarket where a man attacked shoppers, July 2017

Activists practice ritual closer to Temple Mount than ever before

Before the "Water Libation" ritual took place, the attendees marched from the the Dung Gate through the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ir David, to the Shiloah spring.

Cohanim holding the water libation instrument during the march in Ir David.

Three Umm al-Fahm residents arrested for planning attack on Temple Mount

Suspects said to have affiliation to ISIS, planned to copy the July attack that killed two policemen at the holy site.

Israeli security forces stand at the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, after Israel removed all security measures it had installed at the compound, and Palestinians entered the compound in Jerusalem's Old City July 27, 2017.

Will egalitarian worship at Robinson’s Arch foment unrest in Jerusalem?

The Islamic Wakf, haredi Jews and the Israeli archaeological community all oppose the creation of a mixed prayer area there.

Jérusalem illuminée lors du festival de musique sacrée

The Enigma of the Lost Ark of the Covenant

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US religious freedom report: gov’t’s failed to implement Kotel compromise

Netanyahu’s decision came “following condemnations [of the agreement] from members of the Knesset from the ultra-Orthodox parties” and invited criticism from the Supreme Court, the report notes.

DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER Tzipi Hotovely (standing behind left corner of flag) and the three paratroopers from David Rubinger’s iconic 1967 photo (in white shirts) pose with international students at the Western Wall May 11, 2017

Likud lawmaker sets up office near Temple Mount to protest visit ban

“There’s no reason in the world to think that my entering the Temple Mount will stir trouble,” Likud lawmaker Yehuda Glick said.

Yehuda Glick outside Temple Mount.

Reasons the Temple Mount crisis did not explode

The crisis that began three weeks ago with the murder of two border policeman near the Temple Mount did not ignite – for the time being – a third intifada.

Protestors at the Temple Mount