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| August 1, 2013
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MK Feiglin warns, ‘It’s Time to Flood the Temple Mount’…or loose it completely

MK Moshe Feiglin: If the Right does not fight for the Temple Mount right now, it will be given over to Islam in any peace settlement.

By Maayana Miskin, Chana Ya’ar

 

Israelis who believe the Temple Mount should remain in Israeli hands must take urgent action, Likud MK Moshe Feiglin warned Thursday.

Feiglin, who heads the Jewish Leadership faction of the Likud party, visited the Temple Mount on Thursday despite knowing he would find it locked to Jews, as a display of protest.

In an “unprecedented” move, police on Wednesday informed Jewish groups that the Temple Mount will be closed to all non-Muslims until at least the end of Ramadan, on 11th August. Continue Reading »

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| July 18, 2013
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Temple Mount’s Imam Threatens Europe & the US

At the Temple Mount last Friday during the sermon the imam threatens Obama: “The Caliphate shall return… We desire to cleanse it of the impure.”

By Chana Ya’ar

 

An Islamic cleric warned the United States government last Friday in a sermon at the Temple Mount’s Al Aqsa Mosque to “take its hands off Muslims.”

The service was led by Imam Al Hammouri, a member of the Jerusalem-based pan-Islamic Hizb ut-Tahrir (party of Liberation) organization, founded in 1953. The group, which boasts a worldwide membership of approximately one million across 40 countries, is dedicated to establishing a worldwide Islamic Caliphate (Muslim Empire) that will force Islamic law upon all of its subjects. Continue Reading »

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| July 16, 2013
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Temple Mount closed on Tisha B’av to Jewish visitors

Islamic terror prevails on Temple Mount, Judaism’s most Holy site. Jews bared from entry to prevent Arab violence.

By the JTA

 

JERUSALEM — The Jerusalem Police closed the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors a day after Arabs protested such visits.

A Muslim policeman and Jordanian Waqf official followed the Jewish group closely, urging them to move quickly.

When allowed to ascend to the Mount, policeman and Jordanian Waqf official followed the Jewish groups closely, to guarantee they don’t pray & urging them to move quickly. – Photo: Atara Beck

The closure on Tuesday coincided with the fast of Tisha B’av, a day of Jewish mourning for the destruction of the two Jewish Temples that were located on the site.

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| July 12, 2013
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Asking if the Temple Mount is really ours is a legitimate question

 

For the last 46 years, Jews have not been allowed to pray on Temple Mount, and few Jews have even visited.

Currently, most people aren’t even complaining, but a recent seminar on the topic concluded unequivocally: More Jews need to frequent Judaism’s most holy site.

By Nadav Shragai

Mohammed Assaf from the city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, the winner of the second season of Arab Idol, is currently driving the masses wild with his song about the “wounded al-Aqsa” in his soul — a song he has dedicated to “martyrs.” Last week in the Temple Mount plaza, “al-Aqsa summer camps” began drawing thousands of children.

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| July 10, 2013
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FOUND: Earliest alphabetical written text ever uncovered in Jerusalem near Temple Mount

Hebrew University Archaeologist: This is the earliest alphabetical written text ever discovered anywhere in Jerusalem.

By Gil Ronen

 

Working near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar has unearthed the earliest alphabetical written text ever uncovered in the city.

The shard- Courtesy of Dr. Eilat Mazar – Photo: Noga Cohen-Aloro

 

The inscription is engraved on a large pithos, a neckless ceramic jar found with six others at the Ophel excavation site. According to Dr. Mazar, the inscription, in the Canaanite language, is the only one of its kind discovered in Jerusalem and an important addition to the city’s history. Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2013
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Israeli Minister: Time to rebuild Jerusalem Temple

Senior Israeli minister says it’s time to build a real Temple (not a synagogue) on the Temple Mount.

By Israel Today Staff

 

An Israeli cabinet minister last week publicly stated that perhaps the time has come to rebuild the biblical Temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Most Israelis has no aspirations of rebuilding the Temple. Even among those who would like to see the Temple restored, most do not believe Israel can undertake something so controversial absent a direct act of God.

But that didn’t stop Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) from stating that “we need to build a real Temple on the Temple Mount.” Continue Reading »

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| July 4, 2013
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Court Decrees it’s Kosher for Jews to Pray at Gate to Temple Mount

It’s now official:  A faithful Jew has the right to pray regularly at the gateway to the Temple Mount, by court mandate.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

A faithful Jew prays regularly at the gateway to the Temple Mount, and returns when detained by police. Now the court has told the officers to leave him alone to pray in peace.

Visiting the Temple Mount – Temple Institute

A faithful Jew prays regularly at the gateway to the Temple Mount – and now he will be able to pray there for good, thanks to an appeal by Honenu in Jerusalem District Court. Continue Reading »

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| July 2, 2013
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Abbas claims Israel is planning to rebuild Jewish Temple

Mahmoud Abbas again denies Jews have any history in Jerusalem, speaks of insidious Jewish plot to rebuild temple on Temple Mount

By Ryan Jones

 

Once again demonstrating his penchant for theatrics, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas last month made an impassioned call to the Arab world to stop the insidious Jewish plot to rebuilt the Jewish Temple in its historic location – Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Abbas: Israel trying to rebuild Jewish Temple!

Abbas: Israel trying to rebuild Jewish Temple! – Israel Today

 

In an interview with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Watan daily newspaper, Abbas was asked to comment on the notion that “Jewish organizations are making frantic efforts, both visible and hidden, to complete the Judaizing of the Al-Aqsa [Mosque] and to take control of it, especially following the recurring invasions of Al-Aqsa and the attacks on worshipers.” Continue Reading »

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| June 13, 2013
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Arabs say ‘No’ to Israel’s Western Wall plans for egalitarian prayer-site

PA religious affairs minister says replacing Mugrabi Bridge to Temple Mount for egalitarian section may “push all of us to new conflicts and problems,” stressing the Western Wall is an Islamic holy site.

By GIL HOFFMAN
 

 

The Palestinian Authority will not permit Israel to change the entrance to the Temple Mount in order to facilitate the building of an egalitarian prayer area near the Western Wall, PA Religious Affairs Minister Mahmoud El Habash told The Jerusalem Post in Ramallah Thursday morning.

PA Religious Affairs Minister Mahmoud El Habash.- Photo Gil Hoffman

PA Religious Affairs Minister Mahmoud El Habash.- Photo Gil Hoffman

Sharansky’s plan will allow for the construction of an additional section of the Western Wall Plaza at the southern end of the Kotel, equal in size and height as the northern prayer area, for egalitarian prayer and accessible as part of one unified Western Wall complex with a single entrance.

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| June 2, 2013
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B’nai Brith Canada visits the Temple Mount to witness raw antisemitism

Canadian B’nai Brith delegation felt humiliated on the Temple Mount. Upon entering, the Canadian women were forced to buy unattractive shawls to cover up with. Then 50 Arab women, began screaming “Allah Akhbar” repeatedly.

 

 

 

“You don’t have to send delegations to Hungary to witness raw antisemitism.”

B’nai Brith Canada winded down its 10-day annual mission to Israel on Tuesday morning, May 28, with a visit to Har HaBayit – the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. Although the group had been made aware of the anti-Jewish intolerance at the Temple Mount – which remains under control of the Jordanian Waqf [Islamic trust] – they were shocked by the intensity of the antisemitism. Continue Reading »

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| May 16, 2013
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Jews Forbidden to Ascend the Temple Mount As Muslims Threaten More Violent Riots

Once again, Israel Police barred Jews from ascending onto the Temple Mount after Muslim groups threaten more violence over a planned visit by Jewish children.

By David Lev

 

 

Police barred Jews from entering the Temple Mount on Thursday, after Muslim groups threatened violence in the wake of a plan to bring Jewish children to visit the site. The plan, organized by groups encouraging Jewish visits to the Mount, was meant to be an educational program that would demonstrate rituals associated with the Temple, such as the bringing of bikurim (“First Fruits”, the gift to the Temple brought on Shavuot). Continue Reading »

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| May 13, 2013
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Abbas Warns Israel Over the Temple Mount

“Eastern Jerusalem is our capital city, Al-Aqsa belongs to us, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre belongs to us, and we will not accept [the Israelis’] harassment.” warns PA Chairman.

By Elad Benari

The Palestinian Authority on Sunday sent a warning to Israel, over what it calls its attempts to harm the  on the Temple Mount.

Mahmoud Abbas - Photo Reuters

Mahmoud Abbas – Photo Reuters

Speaking during a meeting of the PLO’s Executive Committee, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that it is impossible to hold back in the wake of what he called the attacks by Israel on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and PA Arabs in Judea and Samaria, in particular by local Jewish residents. Continue Reading »

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| May 12, 2013
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Mistaken utterance, or did EU’s Ashton give Jews equal rights to pray in Jerusalem

Statement by EU high representative Ashton called for full religious freedom in Jerusalem while defending non-Jews.

Jews wonder if that also means allowing Jews the right to pray at their Most Holy site, the Temple Mount.

By Ryan Jones

 

Israel might have just scored European Union support for finally allowing Jews the right to pray atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the holiest site in the world for Jews and many Christians.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton with Salam Fayyad - Reuters

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton with Salam Fayyad – Reuters

Whether or not it was her intent, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on Friday issued a call for religious freedom in Jerusalem that by definition must also include Jewish access to the Temple Mount. Continue Reading »

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| May 8, 2013
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Jews attacked on Jerusalem Day at the Temple Mount for praying

5 Jewish men faced Muslim mob for crime of praying on Temple Mount.

Knesset to review present law prohibiting non-Muslim worship at the Jews most holy site.

By Ryan Jones

 

Five Jewish men were arrested on Wednesday for quietly praying atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, an expression of faith that caused the many Muslims around them to explode in fury.

Police stationed at the sensitive holy site said a mob of Muslims gathered around the Jewish men, hurling insults and nearly coming to blows before Islamic officials stepped in to restore calm on the condition the Jewish worshipers be arrested.

Jews and Christians are forbidden to pray atop the Temple Mount for fear of upsetting the Muslims that currently control the complex. Continue Reading »

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| April 24, 2013
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Jordan Reports: Israel to Allow UNESCO to ‘Investigate’ Old City

Jordan reports that Israel has agreed to allow the UN mission to “investigate & assess” heritage conservation site in Jerusalem’s Old City.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

 

Jordan said on Tuesday that Israel has agreed to allow a UN mission to “investigate and assess” heritage conservation in Jerusalem’s Old City for the first time since 2004.

The Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site for well over 3,000 years.

The Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site for well over 3,000 years.

 

“Jordan and Palestine, supported by Arab states, succeeded in pressuring Israel, for the first time since 2004, to accept and facilitate a UNESCO experts’ mission to investigate and assess the status of heritage and conservation of the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls,” a palace statement said, according to a report in the AFP news agency. Continue Reading »

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