Temple Mount
Israeli PM: No change to ban on Jewish prayer at mosque
By Laurie Kellman — July 19, 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is not changing the norms at a contested site in Jerusalem to allow Jewish prayer there.
Israel minister proposes a train station named for Trump at Western Wall
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 27, 2017
(AP) The transport minister said this would honor the U.S. president’s “brave and historic to decision recognize the city as Israel’s capital.”
The Christian example of the Temple Mount conflict
By Mark Silk — July 25, 2017
(RNS) — At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, no representative of one of the six controlling religious groups can move, rearrange or alter any piece of property without the consent of the other five.
The ’Splainer: Why is Jerusalem’s Temple Mount so disputed?
By Lauren Markoe — July 24, 2017
(RNS) — The Temple Mount is the holiest place for Jews and the third holiest for Muslims. Why is it a launching pad for violence?
Opposition to metal detectors sets off chaotic Friday prayers in Jerusalem’s Old City
By Yonat Shimron — July 21, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Three Palestinians were killed in in East Jerusalem and the West Bank and 190 people were injured.
Metal detectors at Jerusalem shrine trigger new tensions
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 19, 2017
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says they're needed after a Palestinian attack. Palestinians claim Israel is trying to expand control over the Muslim-run site that is also revered by Jews.
The good news from Israel
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 17, 2017
The biggest news from Israel is not the Wall and conversion. It is about how secularists are claiming Judaism for themselves, and for all of us.
Donald Trump writes a prayer for Western Wall crevices
By Yonat Shimron — October 31, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) Trump’s team photographed and sent a copy of the letter to Ynet News and Yedioth Ahronoth, Israeli sister publications.
Site where Romans breached Jerusalem walls is pinpointed
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 21, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) Dozens of catapults and stones were found which archaeologists say were used by the Romans, led by Titus, against the Jewish guards defending a wall of the Second Temple.
Erasing the Temple Mount’s Jewish claims only makes the conflict worse
By guest — October 19, 2016
(RNS) UNESCO member states, some of which successfully 'erased' Jews from their territories through physical extermination during the 20th century, are once again trying to do so with vitriolic rhetoric.
UN agency ignores Jewish ties to Temple Mount
By Lauren Markoe — October 13, 2016
(RNS) A UNESCO vote unsettles those who see it as an attempt to dismiss Jewish ties to the faith's holiest site.
Netanyahu to host seminar on Jewish history for UN diplomats
By RNS staff — May 6, 2016
JERUSALEM (Reuters) "I was shocked to hear that UNESCO adopted a decision denying any Jewish connection to the Temple Mount, our holiest site," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday (May 6) in a statement.
Jewish leaders slam UNESCO on Western Wall
By Lauren Markoe — April 18, 2016
(RNS) Jewish and Israeli leaders said the UNESCO resolution not only champions the Palestinian view of the conflict but ignores the site's significance to Jews.
Job opening: High priests needed for ancient Temple ritual
By Michele Chabin — March 31, 2016
JERUSALEM (RNS) The Temple Institute is looking for a few good priests to perform animal sacrifices as in the days of yore.
With secret prayers, Jews challenge ‘status quo’ at Jerusalem holy site
By Reuters — October 26, 2015
JERUSALEM (Reuters) The Al-Aqsa/Temple Mount status quo upholds a rule that has existed since 1187: non-Muslims may enter the sacred compound, but only Muslims can pray.
