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Returning to the Mount

Footage allegedly shows suspects jumping over a security barrier, in an attempt to perform a sacrificial ritual on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, May 1, 2026. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 3, 2026, 6:12 pm
21 arrested for trying to sacrifice a baby goat on the Temple Mount
Group is the latest to try, unsuccessfully, to revive animal sacrifice at the site of the ancient Jewish temples
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Troops of the Kfir Brigade's Netzah Yehuda Battalion operate in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, in a handout image published April 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 24, 2024, 1:03 pm
Daily Briefing April 24: Day 201 – Gaza heats up; Hezbollah drones reach Israeli beaches
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian on intensified fighting in Strip and IDF efforts to evacuate Gazans, IDF’s responses to mass graves accusations, and detention of 13 people and 2 goats
By ToI Staff
A policeman detains a youth with a lamb he is suspected of intending to sacrifice on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, April 5, 2023. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 5, 2023, 1:05 pm
Police detain several people seeking to carry out animal sacrifice at Temple Mount
Cops stop a number of individuals with goats or lambs as they try to bring them to sensitive holy site to perform ancient ritual; act seen as having explosive potential
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Raphael Morris, leader of the Returning to the Mount group. (Channel 13 News)
April 4, 2023, 2:54 pm
Police, top rabbi act to prevent Passover sacrifice on flashpoint Temple Mount
Activist Rafael Morris, head of group calling for slaughtering lambs for festival, is arrested for alleged plan; Western Wall rabbi introduces ban on bringing animals to holy site
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the Temple Mount, January 3, 2023. (Minhelet Har Habayit)
April 3, 2023, 11:19 am
Police minister: Jews must go to Temple Mount on Passover — but no animal sacrifice
Itamar Ben Gvir, a longtime proponent of Jewish rights at the holy site, tells fringe groups not to perform ritual killing of lambs where Temples once stood
By Ash Obel
Thousands of Muslim worshipers attend the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque Compound on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 8, 2022. (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
April 27, 2022, 2:44 pm
Online course teaches Jews how to pose as Muslims and sneak onto Temple Mount
Organizers say they seek to address Israel’s decision to continue long-held policy of barring non-Muslims from visiting holy site in final days of Ramadan
By ToI Staff
A sheep is carried for the Passover Sacrifice 'practice' ceremony at Beit Orot in East Jerusalem, on April 18, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 13, 2022, 5:05 pm
Hamas threatens Israel over extremists’ plans for Passover sacrifice on Temple Mount
Israel says it won’t allow rite after group offers cash prize to those arrested while bringing goats or lambs to Jerusalem holy site; Jordan and PA condemn giveaway
By Emanuel Fabian and Aaron Boxerman
Screen capture from video of an instructor of the Return to the Mount group demonstrating to members how to pray like a Muslim while reciting Jewish prayers. (Channel 13 News)
December 14, 2021, 11:19 am
Jews are disguising themselves as Muslims to pray on Temple Mount – report
Police trying to crack down on extremist group ‘Returning to the Mount,’ whose members dress like Arabs in order to enter Jerusalem holy site, where Jewish prayer is banned
By ToI Staff
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