When the IDF captured the Old City of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, the then Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan, aware of how stunned the Arabs were at their humiliating defeat, wanted to avoid further upsetting them. So he decided, on his own, that there would be restrictions placed on Jews wishing to visit the Temple […]
Jordan calls emergency meeting of Muslim foreign ministers on ‘imminent threat of Israeli takeover of Temple Mount’
To understand better the threat Israel faces from the Palestinian mentality of hatred and murder: the PLO actually views Jews visiting the Temple Mount (Judaism’s holiest site) “as similar to Muslims massacring Christians in churches in Sri Lanka during Easter.” So when they exaggerate by accusing Jews of storming the Temple Mount, they mean that […]
Jewish Prayer Now Allowed on the Temple Mount
In 1967, Israel took back by force of arms from Jordan the Old City of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount that is the holiest site in Judaism. For the first time since the 1948 war, Jews could now visit the Temple Mount. However, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan made a fateful decision, intended to lessen tensions […]
Israel Needs to Reassert Its Rights in Jerusalem
David Weinberg is the managing fellow of the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, who has recently published here his argument on why Israel should delay no longer but, in the face of the European countries that have decided to recognize a “state of Palestine” — which would likely have its capital in […]
The Spiritual War of Oct. 7
“There was a moment when I told myself, ‘I’m not going to pray to Allah.’” It’s all a lie. The Oct 7 massacres were not carried out to create a ‘Palestinian’ state, to break out of an ‘open air prison’ in Gaza or any of the lies the media has systemically deluged us with. They […]
That Terrible Ben-Gvir, Praying on the Temple Mount
Though Israel has been demonized by so much of the world, within that general demonization special hate has been reserved for two people, now members of the cabinet, who are inevitably described as “far right” and “lunatics” — Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. The former has just done something that the Arabs, and the world […]
Fact and Fiction About Israeli ‘Settler Violence’ in Israel
Elder of Ziyon gives us the facts about the “settler violence” in Israel that has angered UK Foreign Minister David Lammy and many others, here: “According to the UN, I – an American – am a ‘violent Jewish settler,’” Elder of Ziyon, June 12, 2025: “Settler violence” is in the news again. The UK and […]
On the Temple Mount, the Right for All to Pray Must Be Affirmed
Seth Mandel has just written about Jerusalem, the city the Muslims call Al-Quds and that they claim belongs to the Arabs and Muslims, for it is from Jerusalem, and the place known to the Western world as the Temple Mount, that Muhammad made his Night Journey (miraj), on his fabulous wingèd steed Al-Buraq, going up […]
Muslims and Jews on the Temple Mount
According to anti-Israel propagandists, the Jewish state severely restricts Muslim access to Al-Aqsa Mosque, while there are no restrictions on Jews who visit what they call the Temple Mount. This is the very opposite of the truth. More can be found here: “The story isn’t ‘Israeli restrictions on Al Aqsa.’ It is how unbelievably tolerant […]
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Ignorant Adventure in Jerusalem
Ta-Nehisi Coates sees “apartheid” in having to wait to enter the Mughrabi Gate to the Temple Mount? But why was Ta-Nehisi Coates’ party kept waiting before being given permission to enter? First, there was all that photographic equipment which was surely unusual; how many visitors to the Temple Mount would be carrying such heavy equipment? […]