Minuscule artifact discovered at the Jerusalem-based Temple Mount Sifting Project may reference an official who worked for ...

Temple Mount organizations are preparing to carry out a large-scale storming of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday, August 3, 2025.

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 ...

Solomon’s Temple was destroyed during the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 587 and 586 B.C. An aerial view of the Tel Moza site. (Tel Aviv University) ...

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

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The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a holy site for the world’s three monotheistic religions, especially Judaism and Islam. As such, it’s a religious and political flashpoint that has the potential to ...

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 ...

No one calls the Temple Mount the “Mosque” Mount. Its seizure followed the Muslim conquest in 638 C.E. In a similar erasure of Jewish history, Jordan’s “West Bank,” captured by the ...

Radiocarbon dating and microarchaeology untangle the history of Jerusalem's Temple Mount: A view from Wilson's Arch. PLOS ONE, 2020; 15 (6): e0233307 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233307 ...

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 ...