Tag Archive for Temple Mount

| September 16, 2015
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Arabs attack Jerusalem police on Temple Mount for 3rd straight day

 

view videoIsrael Police met with dozens of rioting Arabs as they secure Holy site for the Jewish Rosh Hashana.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Rioting broke out Tuesday for a third straight day at the Temple Mount as police came to secure the contested Jerusalem holy site for Jewish visitors on the second day of Rosh Hashana.

When Israeli security forces entered the plaza of the site dozens of  masked Palestinian youth met them with a barrage of stones, blocks, and firecrackers, police said.

Clashes at Temple Mount – Photo: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS

The youth tried to block off the door to the al-Aksa Mosque but the security forces managed to push them inside the building, Israel Radio reported.

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| September 15, 2015
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King Abdullah II of Jordan threatens Israel on Jerusalem ‘provocation’

 

view videoKing Abdullah II told journalists that Jordan will be forced “to take actions” over Israel’s “provocation” on the Temple Mount should it continue.

By i24news

 

Jordan’s king warned Israel on Monday that any further “provocation” in Jerusalem where Israeli police have clashed with Muslims at Al-Aqsa mosque would damage ties between the two countries.

“Any more provocation in Jerusalem will affect the relationship between Jordan and Israel” which have a 1994 peace accord but which has custodian rights over the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, said King Abdullah II following a second day of clashes at the flashpoint holy site in east Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| September 14, 2015
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Arab League Threatens Israel with ICC Action Over “Judaization” of Al-Aqsa

 

Arab League FM threatens to take int’l legal actions to prevent Israeli activity on the Temple Mount, including going to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

By Ben Ariel, Canada

 

The Arab League on Sunday warned against the “Judaization of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel” and called for action against the Jewish state, Channel 2 News reported.

The condemnation came after masked Muslim rioters hurled rocks and fireworks at police on the Temple Mount, as well as firebombs near two entrances to the site.

Jerusalem District Police and Border Police were forced to respond with riot dispersal measures. Continue Reading »

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| September 13, 2015
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Arabs Riot on Temple Mount on Rosh Hashanah Eve

 

Palestinian hooligans barricaded themselves inside the Al Aqsa Mosque, where they threw stones & firecrackers at police forces in hopes of disrupting Jewish visitors for Rosh Hashanah.
• Israel Police confiscated several pipe bombs Saturday night in an East Jerusalem apartment.

By Roi Yanovsky, Elior Levy

 

Palestinians barricaded themselves Sunday morning, just before Rosh Hashanah, inside the mosque on the Temple Mount. Police forces broke into the compound and confiscated some of the equipment brought there by the Palestinians.

The rioters threw fireworks and stones at the police as they entered the site. Border Police forces then blocked entry to the Temple Mount. Continue Reading »

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| September 9, 2015
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WATCH: Paid Muslims That Scream & Harass Visiting Jews on Temple Mount Now Outlawed

 

view videoInitiated by Minister of Internal Security Gilad Erdan and signed by the Defense Minister, groups such as the ‘Murabitun’ & ‘Murabitat’ who scream & harass Jews are now illegal organizations, including all who aid & support them.

By Ido Ben Porat

 

Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon signed an order Wednesday declaring the groups of Islamists who regularly harass Jews on the Temple Mount – the male “Murabitun” and female “Murabitat” – as illegal organizations.

The activists regularly riot on the Mount, curse, shout, and throw various objects at the Jews who ascend the Mount, and sometimes attack police as well. Continue Reading »

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| August 31, 2015
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Unearthed Steps to the Temple Mount Baffle Archaeologists Digging in City of David

A unique stepped structure, maybe the Temple Era ‘Stone of Claims’, has been excavated on the subterranean street ascending from the Siloam Pool to the Temple Mount.

By Arutz Sheva staff

An intriguing find consisting of an impressive pyramid-shaped staircase constructed of large ashlar stones was uncovered in an archaeological excavation currently conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

The excavation is located in the Jerusalem Walls National Park in the City of David, site of ancient Jerusalem, and is being carried out in cooperation with the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation.

Dr. Joe Uziel atop unique find.

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| August 27, 2015
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Accusing Israel of “Waging Religious War on Jerusalem”, Jordan Appoints 52 Wakf Employees

 

Jordan hires 52 new Wakf workers, with 70 more planned, that will boost their presence at holy sites in Jerusalem, to prevent ‘settlers & extremists from storming the Temple Mount’.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Jordan has appointed 52 new employees and guards at its Jerusalem-based Wakf Department, Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammed Momani announced on Wednesday.

He said that another 70 employees and guards will be appointed soon to the Wakf Department, which is in charge of Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem.

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The Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem – Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST

The decision is seen in the context of Jordan’s efforts to boost its presence on the Temple Mount.

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| August 25, 2015
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Israeli Minister Seeks to Outlaw Groups That Monitor & Harass Jews on Temple Mount

 

The PA condemned Public Security Minister Erdan’s request Monday, asking Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to declare the Murabitat group, that shouts obscenities & incites against Jews, and who physically block non-Muslim visitors access to the holy site, as an unlawful association.

By Itsik Saban, Daniel Siryoti & Israel Hayom Staff

 

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Monday asked Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon to urgently declare the Murabitat organization as an unlawful association.

Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount are often targeted with verbal abuse [Archive] – Photo Courtesy: Temple Mount Faithful

The Murabitat, which is active on the Temple Mount and poses as “a religious studies group,” is funded by the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, headed by “Al-Aqsa Sheikh” Raed Salah.

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| August 7, 2015
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French Christian Tourist Hospitalized After Muslims Attacked on Temple Mount

The day following the Palestinian attack on a French tourist, Muslim & Arab Christian Palestinian leaders alike, issued a formal statement (absurd as it is) denying any Jewish connection to Jerusalem’s holy site.

By Israel Today Staff

 

A Christian tourist from France was assaulted by Muslims atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Tuesday after waving an Israeli flag at Judaism’s holiest site.

Palestinian women paid to harass and obstruct non-Muslim visitors on the Temple Mount.

Video footage of the incident showed the Christian man being mobbed by at least four assailants who beat him about the head with stones. His life was likely saved by Israeli police forcibly intervening and escorting the bloodied tourist from site. Continue Reading »

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| July 26, 2015
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Jewish Woman Arrested in Jerusalem for Responding: ‘Mohammed is a Pig’

view videoArrested Jewish woman was eventually vindicated by presiding judge after a video showed (paid) gang of Muslim women following Jewish group & shouting: ‘Itbach al-Yahud’ (trans: ‘slaughter the Jews’).

By Tova Dvorin

 

A young Jewish woman was arrested Friday night, after she was recorded stating insults about the Muslim prophet Mohammed during a clash with Arab women on the Temple Mount.

Female Islamist activists on Temple Mount

Female Islamist activists on Temple Mount – Reuters

The Arab women, apparently part of the “Morabiton,” a gang of Muslim women who get paid by Islamist groups to disturb and harass Jews that visit the site, were shouting “Allahu Akhbar” repeatedly at the group of Jews making their way to the Mount, and could be seen actively trying to get physically close to the group. Continue Reading »

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| June 17, 2015
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PA Leaders Prefer Arabs Boycott Al-Aqsa Mosque To ‘Hurt’ Israeli Economy

Balking at Israeli ‘gesture’ of inviting Gaza and PA Arabs to visit Temple Mount during Ramadan, top Palestinian Authority officials sabotage requests to deter Arabs from spending their money in Israel.

By Yaakov Levi

 

Despite historic Israeli “gestures” designed to make travel to the Temple Mount much easier for Arabs from Judea and Samaria during Ramadan, top officials in the Palestinian Authority have been calling for PA Arabs to boycott the Al-Aqsa (Dome of the Rock) Mosque – for fear that Arabs will spend money while they are there, enhancing the Israeli economy.

Palestinian women from East Jerusalem are shopping & spending leisure time at the Mamilla Mall, in the Western part of Jerusalem.

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| May 11, 2015
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Israel Police to Finally Issue Rules on Temple Mount Prayer for Jewish Visitors

Police in Jerusalem have finally agreed to distribute a set of rules they expect Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount abide by.

By Yaakov Levi

 

With dozens of Jews arrested for “violating the rules” on visits to the Temple Mount, the Students for the Temple Mount organization had a simple question for police: Just what are the rules in the first place?

Jews on Temple Mount – Arnon Segel

The answer to that question has not been a simple one; police have often refused to say what is permitted and what is not, and often arrest Jews after much hectoring by Arabs, who accuse Jews of violating their “no Jewish prayer” rule. Continue Reading »

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| May 1, 2015
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Left-wing group turns to High Court to relieve Elad control of Temple Mount tunnel

Archeological activist from Emek Shaveh dismiss the group as a “radical left-wing organization,” funded by European gov’ts, believes they should have control of the tunnel, which extends from the Silwan parking lot opposite the Dung Gate to the Western Wall.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

During a Thursday morning press tour of a contested tunnel being excavated under the Temple Mount, Yonathan Mizrachi stopped to explain why his archeological NGO submitted a petition to the High Court requesting that a right-wing NGO cease managerial oversight of the project.

EMEK SHAVEH archeologist Yonathan Mizrachi leads members of the press on a tour of the contested Temple Mount tunnel.

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| April 22, 2015
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Arabs Replacing Carpet at Dome of the Rock Quickly Cover Millennium Old Mosaic Tiles

Remodeling at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa sparks verbal ‘holy war’ as Israel’s gov’t authorities plead that the work be halted because it could cause irreparable damage, while Jordan’s Waqf officials forbid Jewish involvement.

By The Associated Press

 

It began as a routine remodeling project: Muslim authorities replacing an old carpet worn thin by masses of worshippers at the Dome of the Rock, the iconic, gold-topped shrine that overlooks the Old City of Jerusalem.

Workers place carpets over ancient floor designs in the cave under the Dome of the Rock shrine – Photo: AP

But there is no such thing as routine remodeling when it comes to the most contested piece of real estate in Jerusalem, where the presence of a mere screwdriver can threaten to ignite religious tensions. Continue Reading »

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| March 7, 2015
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Jews Dress Up on Purim as Arabs to Ascend the Temple Mount

Jewish worshippers this Purim dressed up as Arabs in order to get around the police’s restrictions on Jews praying on the Temple Mount.

By Ben Ariel, Canada

 

A group of Temple Mount activists were spotted dressed up as Arabs on Friday in order to be able to enter the compound.

The Jewish activists did not do this in the spirit of Purim, which was celebrated in the capital on Friday. They did it in order to get around a ban on Jewish prayer which was imposed by the police.

Despite a court ruling earlier this week which said that police “must make sure that Jews are able to pray on the Temple Mount”, officers have been restricting Jewish prayer at the compound since Wednesday, telling worshippers that the restrictions are in accordance with a decision by the political leadership following pressure from Jordan.

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