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The Temple Mount is the holiest place on earth for Jews, a place where God manifested, and where the First and Second Temple stood until they were destroyed. Moreover, the temple mount is the beginning and the end of the world in Jewish mystical belief. Muslims also view the site as holy and are apprehensive regarding a possible Jewish takeover ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2017 Temple Mount crisis Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict Muslims praying at the entrance to the Temple Mount. They refused to go through the metal detectors. Location Jerusalem Cause 2017 Temple Mount shooting Outcome Further Temple Mount entry restrictions 113 wounded in police clashes ...
On 27 July, Israel removed the new security measures from the Mount, which led to the Waqf telling Muslims they could return to pray inside the compound. [ 16 ] 113 Palestinians were reportedly injured in clashes with police after thousands of Muslims returned to pray at Temple Mount.
Israeli policemen during riots in the Temple Mount, September 2015 On 9 September, after talks with visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron , Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Israel, on 9 September, that "any more provocation in Jerusalem will affect the relationship between Jordan and Israel ."
The Committee for the Prevention of Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount is a group of archaeologists, intellectuals and other prominent individuals in Israel formed in response to concerns about damage to antiquities from excavations at the Temple Mount and alleged attempts by the Jerusalem Waqf to remove archaeological evidence of a Jewish Temple at the Temple Mount.
A series of violent confrontations occurred between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in April 2023. After the evening Ramadan prayer, Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the mosque, prompted by reports that Jews planned to sacrifice a goat at the site (which is forbidden by Israeli law).
JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Israel's government showed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and NATO defence ministers graphic images of dead children and civilians on Thursday ...
Jordan - The spokesman for the Jordanian government condemned Israel's closure of the Temple Mount and the al-Aqsa mosque and called on them to reopen it immediately. [54] Subsequently, following criticism from Israel for not doing so, King Abdullah II condemned the attack, called for calm, and reopening of the Temple Mount. [55]