Temple Mount

Jewish youths detained after forcing entry to Temple Mount for Shavuot sacrificial ritual

Police further stated that soldiers pursued them, caught them, and quickly removed them from the Temple Mount before detaining them for questioning.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV
Jews visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 14, 2026.
People walk in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 8, 2026.

Government exploring plans to seize Arab homes, public buildings in Jerusalem's Old City - report

The government's investigation will focus on Chain Gate Street, a major commercial and tourist center on the border between the Jewish and Muslim quarters, and is very close to the Temple Mount.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
Jewish men dance with Israeli flags during Jerusalem Day celebrations at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025.

Jerusalem Day: Israelis cannot afford to take a united Jerusalem for granted - opinion

Jerusalem Day should be appreciated and celebrated in all its manifestations – as a historic achievement, a political challenge, and a spiritual opportunity.

|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
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

In many Jewish communities, Jerusalem Day goes unnoticed. The liberation of Jerusalem is no longer celebrated as a miracle or even as a historic achievement. How did we lose our way so quickly?

|ByJONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Trump’s win sparks hope for Jewish sovereignty on Temple Mount - opinion

Trump was overwhelmingly elected to save the United States from decline and to protect Israel from surging anti-Zionism and delegitimization in international courts and global public opinion.

JANUARY 27, 2025ByTULY WEISZ
JEWS AND Christians pray on the Temple Mount for the success of US President Donald Trump.

This week in Jewish history: Babylonians besiege Jerusalem, Zola publishes 'J’accuse'

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars.

JANUARY 10, 2025BySTEVEN DRUCKER
Babylonian forces destroy Jerusalem in this 19th-century painting by James Tissot.

The Finger of Og or Herod's Pillar? A Jerusalem archaeological mystery

The 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple.

JANUARY 10, 2025ByMARION FISCHEL
Herod's Pillar, or the Finger of Og, lies openly in the Russian Compound in Jerusalem.

Ben-Gvir ascends Temple Mount, Netanyahu's office says status quo unchanged

The Prime Minister's Office released a statement in response to the visit, saying that the "status quo on the Temple Mount has not changed."

DECEMBER 26, 2024ByKESHET NEEV
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir seen on his visit to the Temple Mount, December 26, 2024

MK Simcha Rothman calls on the Chief Rabbinate to permit ascent to the Temple Mount

"I call on the Chief Rabbinate to replace the sign prohibiting ascent with a sign that permits Jews to ascend the Mount!" MK Simcha Rothman stated.

DECEMBER 8, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Simcha Rothman at the Annual Beyadenu Conference

Letters to the Editor, November 4, 2024: Erroneous comments

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

NOVEMBER 4, 2024ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Saudi Arabia calls on int'l community to hold Israel accountable for Jews going up Temple Mount

Saudi Arabia's statement came after a Sunday report that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at the Temple Mount entrance with an entourage.

OCTOBER 21, 2024ByBAR SHEFER, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Tourist visit at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on January 3, 2023.

The cradle of the conflict: An ex-religious Jew climbs the Temple Mount - comment

Going up to the Temple Mount – the place of God’s presence on Earth – in the middle of this painful Jewish era.

OCTOBER 17, 2024ByYONATAN VERSTANDIG
The Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.

'Jerusalem Through the Ages': What archaeology reveals about the history of Jerusalem - review

This is both positive and a challenge for readers; it’s dense, meticulous, and sometimes overwhelming.

OCTOBER 5, 2024ByMOSHE DANN
A view of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

UN hypocrisy on Jerusalem: Expelling Jews from their holiest sites - opinion

The UN’s latest anti-Israel resolution calls for expelling Jews from the Old City of Jerusalem, exposing the blatant hypocrisy of its proponents.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024ByMOSHE PHILLIPS
JEWS RECITE morning prayers at the Western Wall. The most notable part of UN General Assembly Resolution 12626 was its demand that all Jews be expelled from the Old City section of Jerusalem within one year, the writer asserts.