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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Up to 10,000 Palestinians per day will access the Temple Mount during Ramadan, with age restrictions in place and mandatory digital documentation at crossings, subject to security approval.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
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

Ir Amim decried what it described as recent “violations” of the status quo, which, up until recently, banned Jewish people from praying at the site.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ
Temple Mount

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

For decades after 1967, the Temple Mount was defined by a simple rule: Jews could visit but not pray. Small but meaningful changes are quietly shifting that balance.

|ByNATAN ROTHSTEIN

Amman: Thousands protest against Israel's Temple Mount security measures

Thousands chanted 'The people want liberation of al-Aksa', Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood demands action.

JULY 21, 2017ByREUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF
Temple Mount protest Jordan July 21 17

Know Comment: What status quo?

The Palestinians have repeatedly violently violated the Temple Mount in recent years.

JULY 20, 2017ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
POLICE OFFICERS man a metal detector placed this week at an entrance to the Temple Mount

Israel: UNESCO is a full partner in Palestinian incitement

Israel's UNESCO ambassador in Paris condemned UNESCO's actions as helping encourage Palestinian incitement.

JULY 20, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel's envoy to UNESCO Carmel Shama-Hacohen puts the resolution on Jerusalem in the trashbin of history

Netanyahu: No decision made yet on Temple Mount metal detectors

Israel explaining to Arab world there is no change in Temple Mount status quo

JULY 19, 2017ByHERB KEINON, UDI SHAHAM
An Israeli police officer checks the identity of a Palestinian man next to newly installed metal detectors at an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City July 16, 2017.

Muslims Need Not Fear Israel

JULY 18, 2017ByYISRAEL ROSENBERG
The Jerusalem Post

They Do Not Share

JULY 18, 2017ByDOVID BEN-MEIR
The Jerusalem Post

The Temple Mount was Bought and Paid-for by King David

JULY 18, 2017ByVINCENT CIMATO
The Jerusalem Post

Temple Mount reopens to Jewish visitors days after deadly attack

The first small group of Jewish visitors that entered the compound on Monday morning said the Mourners Kadish prayer for the fatalities in Friday's attack.

JULY 17, 2017ByALON HACHMON, JPOST.COM STAFF
First group of Jews viting Temple Mount after Terror attack July 17

WATCH: Secret illegal Jewish wedding on Temple Mount

Did they dare break a glass as well?

JUNE 29, 2017ByARIANE MANDELL, EYTAN HALON
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Glick files Supreme Court petition to allow MK visits to Temple Mount

"I am doing it with mixed emotions and hoping that the PM will change his mind"

MARCH 28, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
MK Yehudah Glick submitting the petition at the Supereme Court