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Temple Mount

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf, and MK Yitzhak Kroizer visit the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, on Jerusalem Day, May 26, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 30, 2026, 3:52 am
UAE slams Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit, days after hosting Netanyahu in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi decries ‘systematic extremist campaign that… threatens social peace, and risks further escalation’; Iran warns Emiratis of ‘highly dangerous consequences’ after PM’s trip
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a press conference in Tel Aviv on July 13, 2024, during the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas terror group. (Nir Elias / Pool / AFP)
September 27, 2026, 2:31 pm
Netanyahu’s narrative of ignorance on October 7 is rapidly unraveling
New reports detailing warnings conveyed by Egypt and the UAE before the massacre shatter PM’s claim the security establishment kept him in the dark; if anything, it was the other way around
By Amir Bar Shalom
Members of the excavation team, including Uzi Leibner (center), in front of the vaulted ritual bath discovered in excavations at the foot of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem (Aubrey Mercado)
September 24, 2026, 1:51 pm
Ancient public mikveh complex, used for festival pilgrimage, uncovered at foot of Temple Mount
Three large ritual baths, built around 10 CE, offer a rare glimpse into the experience of the massive influx of Jewish pilgrims visiting the Second Temple some 2,000 years ago
By Zev Stub
Illustrative: Israeli Jews are seen on the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem during Tisha B’Av on July 23, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)
September 13, 2026, 9:08 pm
Some 250 Jews said to visit Temple Mount with police on 2nd day of Rosh Hashanah
Jordanian foreign ministry says Muslim worshippers were prevented from reaching site while Jews were present, demands international condemnation of incident
By ToI Staff
An illustrative combination displaying, left to right, UAE president Mohammed bin Zayed, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the now-deceased Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP, Mandel NGAN/AFP, JOE RAEDLE/Getty Images via AFP)
September 10, 2026, 1:18 pm
Arab warnings to Netanyahu ahead of Oct. 7 massacre shatter his core political defense
PM’s threat to sue for libel cannot mask the growing evidence that he was alerted to an impending Hamas attack; warnings also raise questions about whether Sinwar wanted Israel to know what was coming
By Amir Bar Shalom
Moshe Feiglin attends a hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, August 3, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 4, 2026, 2:56 pm
How far-right outcast Moshe Feiglin resurrected his political career
After years on the political fringes, the fundamentalist whom Netanyahu once pushed out of Likud has secured spot No. 2 on Smotrich’s slate, putting a senior ministerial post well within his reach
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Illustrative: An Israeli Jewish woman prostrates herself on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on July 23, 2026. (Ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)
August 16, 2026, 9:28 pm
Jewish prayer books reportedly allowed onto Temple Mount for first time
Worshipers say police permitted them to ascend with siddurim; right-wing journalist Arnon Segal posts photo of men praying at site while reading from the prayer books
By ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (C) enters the Temple Mount during the day of Tisha B’Av, in Jerusalem, on July 23, 2026. (ilia YEFIMOVICH/AFP)
July 23, 2026, 4:40 pm
Thousands of Jews visit Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av; some pray openly
Advocacy group says over 3,000 people visited holy site on day marking destruction of Temples; Ben Gvir among the worshipers; Jordan blasts ‘flagrant violation’ of status quo
By Charlie Summers, Nava Freiberg and AFP
The youths being led away from the Temple Mount by police after attempting to break through, on May 22, 2026. (Screenshots/ X/Yossi Eli)
May 23, 2026, 12:46 am
Police arrest 13 for trying to ‘sacrifice’ bread on Temple Mount to mark Shavuot
Suspects said to bring loaves of bread for the harvest holiday instead of an animal sacrifice, as activists did earlier this month and in April
By ToI Staff
Coexistence activists led by Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and Druze religious leaders march in Jerusalem for 'human rights and peace,' on May 18, 2026. (Jacob Lazarus/ Rabbis for Human Rights)
May 18, 2026, 11:31 pm
Hundreds join interfaith ‘human rights and peace’ march in Jerusalem
Marchers carry signs reading ‘Justice,’ ‘Peace’ and ‘Soul’ in Hebrew, Arabic, and English in counter to nationalist Flag Marches on Jerusalem Day
By Charlie Summers
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
Eyal Tzionov, a TikTok personality who dresses up as the Sephardic chief rabbi, sits in the audience of Israel's annual Independence Day torch-lighting on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 21, 2026. (Screenshot/YouTube)
April 22, 2026, 4:16 pm
TikToker dressed as chief rabbi stirs confusion at Independence event
Self-styled messiah Eyal Tzionov has ascended Temple Mount and attended rally in support of Ben Gvir clad in Sephardic chief rabbi’s iconic robe and turban, baffling authorities
By ToI Staff
Shin Bet director David Zini attends the funeral of an Israeli soldier at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, March 27, 2026, (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
April 19, 2026, 10:33 am
On 1st day, Shin Bet chief changed background pic on all agency PCs to Temple Mount – report
Source says move showed ‘messianic’ direction David Zini wants for intelligence agency; after uproar, picture was changed back to agency logo, agents told initial change was accidental
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, speaks with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir during a vote on the state budget, March 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 12, 2026, 3:37 pm
PM calls petitions for Ben Gvir’s ouster ‘unconstitutional,’ as minister prays on Temple Mt.
Ahead of High Court hearing, Netanyahu defends Ben Gvir’s influence over police decision-making, demands court reject calls to fire far-right minister, who again breaches Temple Mt. status quo
By Charlie Summers and Ariela Karmel
Muslim worshipers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount during Friday noon prayers, following 40 days of closure by the Israeli authorities amid the Iran war, in Jerusalem's Old City on April 10, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
April 10, 2026, 9:30 pm
Over 100,000 Muslim worshipers at Al-Aqsa in first Friday prayers after Jerusalem holy sites reopen
The mosque on the Temple Mount had been largely closed to the public, along with other Muslim, Christian and Jewish holy sites, due to safety restrictions amid Iran missile fire
By AFP and ToI Staff
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