The Jerusalem District of Israel Police have completed their preparations for the Passover and Easter holidays. The head of the Returning to the Mount movement, Rafael Morris, was detained on Monday on suspicion that he was going to try and sacrifice the Paschal sacrifice on the Temple Mount, as police completed their preparations ahead of…
Muslims seen at the Temple Mount compound, April 7, 2019. (Flash90/Sliman Khader) “This is a terrible desecration of the sanctity of the place, especially when it is performed in the Dome of the Rock plaza, the site of the Jewish Holy of Holies on the Temple Mount,” an Israeli organization said. Several clips recently posted…
Moves to check Turkey’s growing influence in and around the Temple Mount must take into account the difficulty of proving that Turkish-funded “civil” nonprofits encourage and foster terrorist activity. Anyone seeking to address the Turkish presence in Jerusalem must begin with the Temple Mount, which is the payload that Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and…
Messianic Jews are looking to replace the mosque with a temple, in the fashion of an ancient tabernacle for animal sacrifices. Right-wing Jews in Al-Aqsa’s compound (Twitter\@GrassrootsJlem) Thousands of messianic Jews climbed the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem this week, hoping to establish an increased presence on the site of the Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome…