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Breaking News Jerusalem Mayor Visits Temple Mount Despite Increased Violence
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat visited the Temple Mount despite increased violence at the holy site and in the Israeli capital. Barkat went to the site Tuesday with the commander of the Israel Police’s David District, Brig.-Gen. Avi Biton. “As part of ongoing cooperation w/ #Jerusalem Police, I visited Temple Mount this morning to gain deeper…
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Breaking News No Plans To Change Temple Mount Status Quo
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there are no plans to make changes in the status quo on the Temple Mount. Netanyahu made the statement on Monday during a meeting to discuss the security situation in Jerusalem. His assurances came a day after Jordan warned that its peace treaty with Israel signed 20 years ago…
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Breaking News Anti-Semitic Graffiti Sprayed On Temple Mount
Graffiti equating the Star of David with a swastika was found painted on the Temple Mount. The graffiti in blue paint was found in at least three places on the Temple Mount on Sunday, according to reports. Israel Police have opened an investigation into the incident. The graffiti was painted less than two days after…
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Breaking News Hamas Leader Accuses Israel of Coveting Temple Mount
The leader of the Palestinian group Hamas on Thursday called on Muslims to defend the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, saying Israel was trying to seize the site, revered in Islam and Judaism and focus of a Palestinian uprising in 2000. Khaled Meshaal, speaking in the Qatari capital Doha where he lives in exile, said:…
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Breaking News Palestinians Clash With Troops on Temple Mount
Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters and shut down access to Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound on Monday in a deepening dispute over access to the area, the third holiest shrine in Islam which is also revered by Jews. The site in Jerusalem’s walled Old City has seen a marked increase in unrest in recent days…
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Breaking News Planning for Third Temple With Help From Web
(JTA) — An organization based in Jerusalem is working on a detailed architectural blueprint for the Third Jewish Temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount — and has turned to the internet for help with the controversial project. The Temple Institute, which has recreated 60 vessels to be used in a Third Temple and which sponsors educational programs…
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Breaking News Jews Accosted by Hundreds of Palestinians on Temple Mount
Hundreds of Arabs chanting anti-Jewish epithets surrounded a group of Jews who ascended the Temple Mount. Many of the Arabs also held up three fingers, a triumphant sign of the three kidnapped Israeli teens, during Wednesday’s incident. Muslim children at a summer camp accosted the group before they were then joined by adults in a…
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Breaking News Hamas Official Admits Funding Temple Mount Riots
A senior Hamas operative said that the group is paying young Arabs to harass Jews at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel’s domestic security service announced. Hamas operative Mahmoud Toameh, 63, made the claim in interrogations by the Shin Bet security services after his arrest on May 14, Shin Bet wrote in a statement posted…
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