Temple Mount

Re-liberating Jerusalem: Why Israel must assert sovereignty over its capital, now - opinion

As Ramadan approaches, security and sovereignty in Israel’s capital require urgent government action.

View of the Temple Mount (Al Aqsa mosque) in Jerusalem's Old City, November 19, 2025.
View of the Temple Mount (Al Aqsa mosque) in Jerusalem's Old City, November 19, 2025.

Israel Police loosen Temple Mount prayer restrictions for Jewish visitors

Prof. Gabriel (Gabi) Barkay

Temple Mount sifting project co-founder Gabriel Barkay dies after decades of biblical research

THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period.

Israel uncovers Second Temple-period mikveh beneath Western Wall


This week in Jewish history: Roman emperor Titus attacks Temple court

Av 2, 3830 (70 CE): Roman emperor Titus began battering operations against the wall of the Temple court

  BAR-ILAN University’s first graduation ceremony, 1959. R: Ogden Reid, US ambassador to Israel.

Ben-Gvir is not the first to unequivocally promote Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount - opinion

The right to prayer at the Temple Mount was permitted long before Ben-Gvir, by the highest court in the land.

 ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES stand guard as Jews visit the Temple Mount, on Tisha B’av, in 2021.

'I am the political echelon': Ben-Gvir encourages Jewish prayer on Temple Mount

In response, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed that the Temple Mount status quo will remain unchanged.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at a conference called "Israel's Return to the Temple Mount," at the Knesset on July 24, 2024.

Fast of the 17th of Tammuz: Times and customs

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The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70

Newly discovered biblical moat in Jerusalem reveals city's ancient fortifications

A 3,500-year-old trench found in Jerusalem's City of David reveals the city's northern fortification, resolving a 150-year-old debate.

 Prof. Yuval Gadot of the Tel Aviv University next to the northern side of the moat which protected Jerusalem, and alongside him carved bedrock channels.

Assassination foiled: Hamas operative convicted for planning terrorism

Rishak was convicted of terrorist offenses, conspiring to carry out terror attacks in Israel, and promoting Hamas activities on Temple Mount.

A Palestinian holds a Hamas flag as he stands next to others atop a walk of the al-Aqsa mosque following clashes with Israeli police at the compound that houses al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2021.

Uri Geller: Aliens built the Jerusalem Temple, may help Israel during war

Israeli mystifier and entertainer Uri Geller claims that aliens built monuments like Stonehenge and the biblical Temple in Jerusalem, and reaffirms the benevolent nature of these aliens.

 UFO (illustrative).

Russian national assaults police officer, threatens to murder Jews on Temple Mount

The assailant threatened and attacked a police officer, stating that "Putin will take care of everyone, and I will take care of slaughtering you."

 Muslims gather at Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as Temple Mount, on Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem's Old City April 10, 2024.

'Jerusalem is ours, Temple Mount is ours,' Ben-Gvir declares amid flag day march violence

In total, 18 suspects were arrested during the flag march for violent offenses, assaults, threats, and disorderly conducts.

 Itamar Ben-Gvir seen during Jerusalem Day celebrations outside the Jerusalem Great Synagogue, June 5, 2024

Hundreds of Jews to fly Israeli flags on Temple Mount on Independence Day

Throughout Passover, a new record of Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount was broken, as over 4,000 people visited despite the limited number of days of the holiday compared to the previous years.

 Israeli security forces guard while Jews and tourist visit the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, August 28, 2023.