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.

Temple Mount
THE TEMPLE MOUNT, which Muslims call the Haram al-Sharif, is holy to both Jews and Muslims and has been a flashpoint since 1967.

Jews pray on Jerusalem's Temple Mount as decades-old status quo begins to shift

	Former hostage Eitan Mor attends a conference titled “Gaza: The Day After” at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on January 12, 2026.

First values, then holy places: Lesson from Sinai and Jerusalem - opinion

Opening of the Pilgrim's Road in Jerusalem, on September 16, 2025.

Ancient Pilgrimage Road leading to Temple Mount opens to public after 13 years of excavations


No. 8: Itamar Ben-Gvir: Arming Israel and making headlines, for better or worse

Itamar Ben-Gvir’s role as both a governmental power broker and lightning rod for controversy ensures his influence - for better or worse - will continue to reverberate far beyond Israel’s borders.

Itamar Ben-Gvir.

WATCH: Dozens of religious activists ascend Temple Mount in honor of Charlie Kirk

"Just as Charlie fought tirelessly for freedom of speech, we will continue to fight for freedom of worship and equal rights for Jews on the Temple Mount," one activist said.

Activists ascend the Temple Mount in honor of Charlie Kirk on September 17,2025.

Why do American Jews pray facing Jerusalem? - opinion

After 2,000 years, God has finally answered the prayers of millions of Jews and allowed them to return to their homeland

JEWS PRAY for forgiveness during this month of Elul, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. After 2,000 years, God has finally answered the prayers of millions of Jews and allowed them to return to their homeland.

Rabbi Leo Dee detained for putting on tefillin on Temple Mount on wedding day

On April 7, 2023, Rabbi Leo Dee lost his wife and two daughters in a terror attack.

 Rabbi Leo Dee (L) with his fiance Aliza Teplitsky.

'I will give the money, you will build the Temple,' Smotrich tells Jerusalem mayor

In response, Moshe Lion replied to Bezalel Smotrich: "You are the best finance minister Jerusalem has ever had."

  Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a Plenum session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, also attended by Argentine President Javier Milei (not pictured), in Jerusalem, June 11, 2025.

Tucker Carlson is once again spreading lies about Israel via his guests - opinion

This time, the lies he is spreading is about the Temple Mount.

Tucker Carlson (R) interviews Mother Agapia Stephanopoulos (L), August 2025.

From Temple Mount, Ben-Gvir says 'entire Gaza Strip must be occupied'

After Ben-Gvir's visit, the Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying that Israel's status quo on the Temple Mount "has not changed and will not change"

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen after a visit at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Old City, during the Tisha B’Av, August 3, 2025.

The third Temple cannot be built until we are kind to one another - opinion

Striving for social justice in both Jewish communities and society as a whole should be an integral part of our endeavor to rebuild the Temple and our future in general. 

A computer-generated rendition of the Third Temple

Ancient seal discovered in Temple Mount soil may link to King Josiah's era

Based on the writing style, the sealing dates to the late First Temple period, approximately the late-7th to early-6th century BCE.

Archaeologist Mordechai Ehrlich holding the sealing.

Israeli-Jordanian agreement over Temple Mount is pathetic appeasement to terrorism - opinion

The network of Temple Mount activists includes advocates from across Israel and Jews from every circle of Israeli society.

THEN-US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton, prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein attend the Israel-Jordan peace treaty signing ceremony at the Arava Crossing in 1994.