Jerusalem District Commissioner Avshalom Peled approved the placement of an organized shoe rack at the entrance to the Temple ...

Police will allow Jews to enter their holiest site with approved prayer sheets after years of non-Muslim prayer being ...

The status quo at the site has generally barred Jewish visitors from bringing religious items such as prayer books and ...

In 1925, the Supreme Muslim Council published a guide to the Temple Mount for tourists that said the site’s “identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple is beyond dispute.” ...

Under the new policy, Jewish visitors may enter the site with a single prayer page, provided it is prepared in advance and ...

Police confirm change to longstanding ban on non-Muslim prayer, which comes weeks after Ben Gvir confidant appointed as ...

Israeli police have allowed Jewish visitors to bring printed prayer texts onto the Temple Mount for the first time, marking a ...

The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, where the First Temple was built by King Solomon and the Second Temple was ...

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. (photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) After Ben-Gvir's ...

The change in policy is the latest part of a long-running push by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to revoke the unofficial prohibition on Jewish worship at the site ...

The Temple Mount refers to a flat plaza situated above the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, and it is considered a holy site in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike. According to Jewish ...