The Temple Mount is the holiest site in the Jewish faith because for over a thousand years a Jewish Temple to God stood there. Solomon’s Temple stood from approximately 966-586 BCE, rebuilt ...

Saturday night, August 2nd is the Jewish fast day, “9th of Av.” The Fast of Av commemorates the ancient destructions of the ...

The Gate of Mercy (Shaar Ha’Rachamim) compound is the fifth mosque that the Muslims have created on the Temple Mount. After 1967, there was only one functioning mosque there. The Muslims are not sat ...

An interesting development on Jerusalem's Temple Mount could be a sign that the return of Jesus Christ may be sooner than later. Shlomo Vile of Jewish News Syndicate recounted in an article last ...

When Israel wrested control of East Jerusalem from Jordan in 1967, it permitted the Wakf to retain its civil and religious authority over the Temple Mount compound.

Israel's security minister Itamar Ben Gvir is drawing criticism following a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday and remarks that encourage breaking a more than half-century-old agreement.

* The Temple Mount is the most sacred site in Judaism. Jews believe biblical King Solomon built the first temple there 3,000 years ago. A second temple was razed by the Romans in AD 70.

The Temple Mount -- known to Muslims as the Haram al Sharif, or “noble sanctuary” -- is part of the Old City of Jerusalem, captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East War.

Its destruction set the stage for 2000 tumultuous years of Jewish history. Today the temple mount remains at the center of conflict and a new discovery made during filming, could open a new debate.

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Integrating radiocarbon dating and microarchaeology techniques has enabled more precise dating of the ancient Wilson's Arch monument at Jerusalem's Temple Mount, according to a study published ...

Our duty is to warn,” said Sheik Ekrima Sabri, who oversees Muslim affairs in Jerusalem, using the Arabic name for the Temple Mount. “If they want to make peace in the region, they should stay ...