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Temple Mount

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 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
Muslim worshipers gather on the Temple Mount for the dawn prayer in Jerusalem on April 9, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
April 9, 2026, 4:50 pm
Holy sites reopen in Jerusalem’s Old City after over a month of closure
Muslim worshipers throng Al-Aqsa gates for dawn prayers; extended ‘Ramadan hours’ remain in place for Jewish visitors to Temple Mount; police gear up for Holy Fire ceremony; Western Wall reopens
By Charlie Summers
A view of the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem's Old City, which is empty due to attendance restrictions amid the ongoing Iran war, April 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 6, 2026, 1:26 am
High Court raises wartime limit on Western Wall, Temple Mount access from 50 to 100
Following petitions filed by religious leaders angry that the court allowed hundreds at a protest, court says it’s ‘balancing security’ with the ‘right to freedom of religion and worship’
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Jewish worshippers take part in the traditional Priestly Blessing during the Passover holiday in an indoor section along the Western Wall in Jerusalem, after prayers were limited to 50 participants due to the ongoing war, April 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 5, 2026, 2:43 pm
Limited Passover and Easter ceremonies held at Jerusalem holy sites amid war restrictions
Old City largely desolate as just a handful of clergy allowed to perform Passover priestly blessing at the Western Wall and Easter Sunday services at Church of Holy Sepulchre
By Rossella Tercatin, ToI Staff and Agencies
Muslim worshipers performing the first Friday noon prayers of the month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque atop the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem on February 20, 2026. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
March 6, 2026, 3:37 am
In safety precaution, Israel bars Friday Ramadan prayers at Temple Mount amid Iran war
Israeli authorities stress that all holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City are closed to worshippers, as gatherings remain capped at 50 people despite easing of restrictions
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Olive and Cypress trees surround the Dome of the Rock Shrine on the Temple Mount, on the first day of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, in the old city of Jerusalem on February 18, 2026. (Photo by ilia YEFIMOVICH / AFP)
February 18, 2026, 9:49 pm
Jewish worshipers get extended visiting hours on Temple Mount during Ramadan
Palestinian Authority decries ‘dangerous escalation’ as police grant Jewish visitors extra hour at flashpoint site; Temple Mount activist calls move ‘slight concession’
By Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian and AFP
The 2,000-year-old 'pilgrimage road' leading from the City of David to the Western Wall in Jerusalem opens to the public on January 20, 2026. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
February 2, 2026, 7:42 am
2,000-year-old Pilgrimage Road to Temple Mount opens to public after years of digging
Millennia after being buried, street once traversed by millions of faithful from southern end of ancient Jerusalem to Western Wall can once again be walked by visitors
By Rossella Tercatin
A woman recites prayers from a flyer distributed by the Temple Mount Yeshiva after police allowed Jewish worshipers to bring the liturgical material up to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on January 21, 2026. (Courtesy/Beyadenu)
January 21, 2026, 4:33 pm
In first, police let Jewish visitors take printed prayers onto Temple Mount
Police confirm change to longstanding ban on non-Muslim prayer, which comes weeks after Ben Gvir confidant appointed as Jerusalem’s top officer; Jewish activists laud policy
By Charlie Summers
Prof. Gabriel Barkay, co-director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, on May 30, 2019. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
January 14, 2026, 5:03 pm
Archaeologist Gabriel Barkay, pioneer of Temple Mount research, dies at 81
Discoverer of the Ketef Hinnom scrolls and founder of Temple Mount Sifting Project was a larger-than-life figure who stirred controversy, loved Jerusalem and made the city his mission
By Rossella Tercatin
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