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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Calls for Temple Mount Calm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday urged lawmakers to show restraint over Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, which has been at the heart of rising tension with the Palestinians in recent weeks. Daily clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in the streets of East Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as the Temple…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Activist Yehuda Glick Recovering After Shooting
Health officials said the condition of Rabbi Yehuda Glick, the activist seriously wounded in a suspected terrorist shooting, is improving. Glick’s medical condition improved slightly on Thursday, a day after the dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who advocates for an increased Jewish presence in eastern Jerusalem was shot three times in the chest and stomach by an…
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Fast Forward Muslims Return to Temple Mount for Prayers
Muslim worshippers over the age of 50 returned to pray at Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday, a day after Israeli authorities shut down all access to the sacred compound following violence in East Jerusalem. The Muslim quarter of the Old City was calm early in the day, the Muslim holy day,…
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Opinion That Time Yehuda Glick Was My Tour Guide
Rabbi Yehuda Glick / Tumblr The first time I met Rabbi Yehuda Glick, I thought he seemed completely normal. I never would have thought to call him a right-wing extremist, as many reports are doing nowadays. And I certainly never would have dreamed that a few years later he would be the target of an…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Reopened for Muslim Worshippers
The Temple Mount will reopen immediately to Muslim worshippers, the Israel Police said following security assessments. The announcement on Thursday evening came soon after the Obama administration called on Israel to reopen the area to Muslim worshippers. Entrance to Muslims for Friday prayers, however, will be restricted to men over the age of 50. Israel…
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News Jews and Muslims Unite in Outrage as Israel Closes Temple Mount Over Violence Fears
Muslims and Jews united in outrage as Israel blocked all access to the Al Aqsa compound — known to Jews as the Temple Mount — amid fears of unrest following the shooting of a prominent right-wing Israeli activist and the police killing of his suspected attacker. Muslims in Jerusalem’s Old City prayed on the streets…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Closed After ‘Assassination’ Try on Activist Yehuda Glick
Israel closed the Temple Mount to Muslim worshippers and to both Jewish and non-Jewish visitors in the wake of the attempted assassination of an Israeli activist. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called the closure of the holy site on early Thursday, hours after Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick was shot at close range outside of…
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News Right-Wing Jewish Activist Yehuda Glick Shot After Temple Mount Conference
A prominent right-wing Israeli activist was shot three times and seriously wounded in a drive-by attack outside a controversial Jerusalem conference about the future of the Temple Mount, Haaretz reported. A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire on Yehuda Glick outside the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem late Wednesday night. It was not immediately…
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