The structure was likely “used for ritual purposes while the Temple still stood on the Temple Mount, just a few hundred meters away,” the authority said. The City of David, an archaeological p ...

Temple Mount is one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem for both Jews and Muslims. Historians have associated it with Mount Moriah (where the binding of Isaac took place) and Mount Zion (where the ...

Notably absent from the “unanimous” recommendation to ban Jewish entry into the Temple Mount during the remainder of Ramadan was the far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.

For Hamas and its supporters, the war with Israel is a war for the Temple Mount, the writer contends. (photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS) Ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan - which starts on ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration said a visit to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount by Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, was “provocative” and cautioned ...