Suspects charge tourist and punch him in face, continue to beat him. By Daniel K. Eisenbud Two male members of the Jordanian Wakf Muslim religious trust were arrested by police Wednesday after both men assaulted a Jewish tourist visiting the Temple Mount, in an apparently unprovoked attack. At approximately 11:30 a.m., shortly after a group […]
By Itamar Eichner In response to the Palestinian-Jordanian draft decision this week that ignores the Jewish connection to its adherents’ holiest site, the Temple Mount, the EU has circulated a different version that removes the scare quotes from ‘Western Wall’ but still only mentions the Muslim connection to the site. The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem […]
By Rachel Avraham Dozens of visitors under heavy security accompanied the relatives of Hallel-Yaffa Ariel, the 13-year-old who was murdered in her home, in order to memorialize her on the Temple Mount. Knesset members joined them but they were not allowed to enter into the Temple Mount themselves. The family of the late Hallel Yaffa Ariel, […]
Israel’s Foreign Ministry sharply rebuked a major United Nations agency on Monday for its efforts to “distort history” ahead of a controversial vote in which the historical Jewish ties to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount will be challenged. In an open letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Director General of […]
A joint Jordanian-Palestinian draft decision denying Jewish affinity with the Temple Mount, including the Wailing Wall, set to be voted on during annual UNESCO meeting: Draft accuses Israel of misconduct on the mount including deliberate vandalism: Foreign Ministry says document is ‘malicious and dishonest.’ By Itamar Eichner The subject of the Jewish connection with the Temple […]
Rina Ariel, whose daughter Hallel was murdered in her bed by a terrorist in June, asked to be allowed to give a short ceremony with 250 supporters on site; ‘Recently,’ said Rina. ‘200 thousand Muslims performed a mass prayer at the site. Would a Jewish group comprised of a tenth of that number not be […]
On Tuesday morning, Arab rioters on the Temple Mount who presumably found no more Jews or police to attack up there, began throwing rocks down at the Jews who were engaged in their morning prayer before the Western Wall. One woman, age 73, was injured lightly and was rushed to Hadassah Ein Karem hospital. Once again […]
A free Kotel: This Shavuot, we should keep in mind something Rabbi Jacobs reminded me of – the place where the Torah was originally given to the Jewish people was in the desert wilderness. One day in mid-August 2013, a group of workers entered the Davidson archeological park, an assortment of old Temple Mount ruins […]
By Barry Shaw When all strands of Palestinian political society came together in a deadly incitement based on religion radiating out from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem it left many dead on both sides of the religious divide – Jewish Israelis who were the prime target of Islam-motivated Palestinians. Although the Islamic Movement and Hamas […]
By Paul Mirbach It started on Rosh Hashana eve, with a terrified youth, wearing a tallit and tefilin is running through the alleys of the Old city in Jerusalem, chased by an angry posse of Arab teenagers. He is tripped and beaten on the cold steps. It is captured on video, but nobody comes to […]
