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Why is Israel under threat from a terrorist group for allowing Jews to pray at Judaism’s holiest site? Why is it okay for everyone else to pray there and not for Jews? And why do these Palestinian groups get away with making such threats?

COMMENTARY Moshe Dayan’s Tragic Blunder Meir Y. Soloveichik February 2023 …The current contretemps, like all others concerning the Temple Mount, reveals that [Moshe] Dayan’s original decision was a terrible mistake, the worst in Israel’s history. Rather than pacifying Jewish–Muslim relations, … Continue reading

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This perverse behavior by Western liberals, aided by Israeli leftists, hugely incentivizes further Palestinian rejectionism and violence

JNS The Israeli canary in the West’s cultural coal mine Melanie Phillips January 5, 2022 Those scratching their heads over the way Western liberals have lost all connection with reason over issues of race, gender and Western “colonialism” might usefully … Continue reading

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Senator Ted Cruz criticizes Biden administration after top officials accuse Israel of changing status quo on Temple Mount in wake of Ben Gvir visit

ARUTZ SHEVA ‘Pathological obsession’: Senator Cruz blasts Biden over condemnation of Israel Elad Benari January 5, 2022 US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), a member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, blasted the Biden administration on Wednesday, after top administration officials … Continue reading

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“Jordan has demanded that Israel relinquish more control over Temple Mount to the Wakf following the recent terror wave and Temple Mount conflicts”

JERUSALEM POST Jordan’s attitude towards Temple Mount is antisemitic and hypocritical Lahav Harkov April 28, 2022 Thousands of men shouted “Khaybar, Khaybar ya Yahoud” – a call to massacre the Jews – outside al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday night, while at … Continue reading

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“Tens of thousands of Palestinians dispersed peacefully on Friday afternoon after prayers in Jerusalem. The hundreds who clashed with police earlier, by contrast, had come to fight”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Just look at their feet: The ‘defenders’ of Al-Aqsa are desecrating it David Horovitz April 17, 2022 …And as with Hamas in Gaza, while ostensibly guarding their religion and its third-holiest shrine, the rioters were actually dishonoring … Continue reading

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“Palestinian groups warned of an escalation after an Israeli court ruled in support of Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount”

JERUSALEM POST Palestinians outraged over court ruling allowing Jewish prayer on Temple Mount by Tzvi Joffre October 7, 2021 Palestinians expressed outrage and warned of an escalation on Thursday after a court ruling on Wednesday implied support for allowing quiet … Continue reading

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Temple Mount prayers “conducted in a very discreet manner, but the worshipers were nevertheless clearly participating in a discernible Jewish prayer service”

JERUSALEM POST Jewish prayer has returned to the Temple Mount by Jeremy Sharon December 12, 2019 Jewish worshipers are able to pray on the Temple Mount with what appears to be the tacit consent of police forces at the site, The Jerusalem Post observed … Continue reading

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Canada concurs with the United Nations: The Western Wall, the Temple Mount and the Jewish Quarter of the Old City are occupied Palestinian land to which Israel and Jews have no claim

ALGEMEINER More Than 11,000 People Urge Canada to Reverse UN Vote Calling Western Wall ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’ by Staff November 25, 2019 More than 11,000 people have signed a petition urging the Canadian government to reverse its vote in favor … Continue reading

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Palestinians rioting on Temple Mount “included the hurling of stones, chairs and various objects”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Hundreds of Palestinians riot as Jews allowed on Temple Mount for Jerusalem Day by Michael Bachner and Staff June 2, 2019 Clashes erupted between Palestinian rioters and police on Sunday morning at the Temple Mount compound in … Continue reading

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Weaponizing the Temple Mount

TIMES OF ISRAEL Winds of Change at Temple Mount by Dexter Van Zile February 10, 2018 For the past decade or so, jihadists have been using the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as a platform to promote hostility toward the Jewish … Continue reading

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