Temple mount access

Jewish men permitted to pray on Temple Mount with prayer books for first time, Ben-Gvir confirms

The move was done as part of an "initial experiment aimed at ensuring the Middle East doesn't lose its mind over this," journalist Arnon Segal reported.

An Orthodox Jewish man faces the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 12, 2026
Muslim worshippers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 28, 2025.

Israel to allow up to 10,000 Palestinians to ascend Temple Mount per day during Ramadan

Jews visit the Temple Mount, the site where the First and Second Temples once stood. Holy to both Jews and Muslims, it has been a flashpoint since 1967.

Israeli activist group decries 'aggressive policy on the Temple Mount' ahead of Ramadan

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Temple Mount’s delicate balance tested as Jewish prayer, Ramadan crowds meet


Report: Netanyahu to let MKs ascend Temple Mount again

Likud MK Yehudah Glick went up in January, one month after his wife Yafi's death to honor her memory, but there have been prohibitions on MKs going to the Mount for some two years.

Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount for Jerusalem Day, May 13, 2018

Jewish visitation to Temple Mount during Passover nearly doubles from 2017

Over 2500 Jews visited the Temple Mount during Passover, and many activists participated in a ritual sacrifice at the foot of the compound.

JEWS WILL have to keep on looking at the Temple Mount from a distance.

Court upholds prayer rights outside Temple Mount gates

The judge ruled that the girls had every right to pray at the site and rejected a request by the police to place a restraining order on them from the Old City for 90 days.

A general view of Jerusalem shows the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount December 6, 2017.

Olive branch sparks Temple Mount spat for congressmen

The “irony” that it was an olive branch that got them into trouble was not lost on them, Tipton said.

Police detain congressmen Scott Tipton (left) and David McKinley (3rd left) on the Temple Mount yesterday

Will egalitarian worship at Robinson’s Arch foment unrest in Jerusalem?

The Islamic Wakf, haredi Jews and the Israeli archaeological community all oppose the creation of a mixed prayer area there.

Jérusalem illuminée lors du festival de musique sacrée

Letter by Rav Kook gives Temple activists a boost

The rabbi was writing his letter amidst the brutal Arab riots of 1929, which included the Hebron Massacre, over Jewish access to the Western Wall.

TEMPLE MOUNT ACTIVISTS claim a recently revealed letter authored by former chief rabbi Rav Kook supports their position on visiting the holy site in modern Israel times.

Arab, Jewish MKs to visit Temple Mount at separate times

The visitation allowance - a single day - is a pilot test after legislators were banned from the compound nearly 2 years ago.

Jerusalem Temple Mount

Likud lawmaker sets up office near Temple Mount to protest visit ban

“There’s no reason in the world to think that my entering the Temple Mount will stir trouble,” Likud lawmaker Yehuda Glick said.

Yehuda Glick outside Temple Mount.

Foreign Press Association petitions Israel's High Court over interference

The FPA regards journalists' treatment as “a shameful performance for a country that boasts that it is the Middle East’s only democracy and claims to be committed to freedom of the press.”

Palestinians walk next to Israeli security forces at the entrance of the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount at morning after Israel removed the new security measures there, in Jerusalem's Old City

Record 1,200 Jews visit Mount on Tisha Be’av

More than 1,200 Jews visited the Temple Mount on Tuesday morning in commemoration of the destruction of the ancient Temples in Jerusalem on the fast of Tisha Be’av, activist groups said.

A Tisha B'Av morning prayer service is conducted at the entrance gate to the Temple Mount before worshipers go up to the site