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

Netanyahu assesses allowing ministers and MKs to visit Temple Mount

According to the committee’s decision, the only restriction on lawmakers visiting the Temple Mount would be that they coordinate with the police ahead of time.

MARCH 27, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
Jerusalem Temple Mount

Agriculture minister blames PM for preventing his visit to Temple Mount

Knesset Ethics Committee lifts ban prohibiting MKs from entering site

FEBRUARY 1, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
Uri Ariel

Is picking up a rock on the Temple Mount a crime?

Last week, right-wing activist Dov Morel was detained and taken off the Temple Mount to the police station when he picked up a rock.

DECEMBER 26, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A view of the Mount of Olives and the Temple Mount

High Court: Police were violating Jews rights to visit the Temple Mount

The right-wing NGO Honenu broke the story on Wednesday, stating it had overcome years of illegal off-the-books police policies for keeping activists from the Temple Mount.

DECEMBER 7, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Netanyahu, Erdan send mixed messages about Temple Mount

The ban on lawmakers visiting the Temple Mount has been in place for over a year.

NOVEMBER 21, 2016ByLAHAV HARKOV
Looking out on the Temple Mount

Dichter: Temple Mount will not be governed by Mecca rules

Dichter was responding to comments made by Jordan's Minister of Wakf and Islamic Affairs Wael Arabiyat.

AUGUST 15, 2016ByHERB KEINON
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Jordan's King Abdullah vows to fight Israeli 'extremism' at Temple Mount

King warns failure to reach a two-state solution inflames "violence and extremism in the region."

AUGUST 15, 2016ByARIEL WHITMAN
Jordan's King Abdullah speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 12, 2016

2 members of Muslim Wakf arrested for attacking Jewish tourist on Temple Mount

Suspects charge tourist and punch him in face, continue to beat him.

JULY 27, 2016ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
Border Police officers patrol Temple Mount

Police to reopen Temple Mount to non-Muslim visitors following post-Ramadan festival

‘Immediately after the 3 days of Id El Fiter conclude, security assessments will be made and scheduled visits will resume on the Temple Mount," says police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.

JULY 5, 2016ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
Yehuda Glick at Temple Mount.

Police temporarily close Temple Mount to non-Muslim visitors after rioting resumes

Critics call move ‘prize to terrorism’; Woman lightly wounded by rock thrown at Western Wall.

JUNE 28, 2016ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
The Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem