By Susan Michael, ICEJ USA — One of the most memorable moments of any tour to Israel is standing on the Mount of Olives and looking across the valley at the Eastern Gate of the Temple Mount. One can’t help but imagine the magnificent Temple of King Herod standing there, or Jesus walking through the…
By Rivkah Lambert Adler, Breaking Israel News— The Third Holy Temple is at the core of the Jewish view of the End of Days. A new bill was recently proposed by member of Knesset Bezalal Smotrich that, if passed, would allow Jews and Christians to pray on the Temple Mount. This would bring Israel and the…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone— Why is the Palestinian Authority (PA) opposed to Jordan’s proposal to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem’s Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount), sacred to Christians, Muslims and Jews? This is the question that many in Jordan have been asking in light of the recent agreement between Israel and Jordan that was reached…
By: Caroline Glick, JPOST— All the Palestinian terrorist attacks that have been carried out in recent weeks share one common feature. All the terrorists believe that by attacking Jews they are protecting the Temple Mount from destruction. And why shouldn’t they believe this obscenity? Everywhere they go, every time they turn on their televisions, read…
By: Times of Israel Staff, Times of Israel— Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on Thursday encouraged all Israelis with a gun license to carry a weapon with them at all times in order to counter a recent wave of Palestinian attacks. The mayor’s call to arms came after several weeks in which the capital was rocked…
By: Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Israel is in the midst of a wave of violence, centered around the Temple Mount, spreading to the entire country. In a disturbing yet necessary measure, the police have restricted Jews and Arabs from entering the Old City of Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority has called this a “policy…
By DR. NESSIA SHEMER, ISRAEL HAYOM— “For Al-Aqsa We Will Run Over Settlers” is the name of a new song put online recently by two Palestinian singers from Ramallah. The popular slogan “Al-Aqsa is in danger” has been used by extremist Islamic elements for decades, since the days of Haj Amin el-Husseini, the grand mufti…
Swastikas alongside the Star of David, the ancient Jewish symbol, greeted visitors to the Temple Mount – Judaism’s holiest site – on Sunday morning, following incitement on Friday by Palestinian Authority Chair Mahmoud Abbas, who stated that Jews should be prohibited from visiting the compound. Abbas called on Palestinians living in east Jerusalem to maintain…
By TIMES OF ISRAEL— Israel’s Channel 10 on Wednesday night broadcast what it said was footage from a recent “Islamic State gathering” on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The report, which is to be broadcast in full next week, said the gathering underlined that Islamic State intends to focus on Israel in the future. Formally,…
By RAPHAEL POCH, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— On Sunday, the International Temple Institute will be celebrating the fifth annual International Temple Mount Awareness Day in honor of the new Hebrew month of Nissan, which inaugurates spring. The month of Nissan is a time of renewal and rejuvenation and the institute hopes, of rebuilding. The day seeks…