Jordan recalls envoy from Israel over ‘unprecedented escalation in Jerusalem’
The Jordanian government has instructed its ambassador in Tel Aviv to return home due to what Amman says is “unprecedented Israeli escalation in Jerusalem.” The move comes just hours after a Palestinian resident of east Jerusalem rammed his vehicle into two light rail stations in the capital, killing a Border Police officer and injuring over […]
Rabinowitz criticizes efforts to prevent Jewish access to Temple Mount
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the supervisor of the Western Wall and Israel’s holy sites and chairman of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, has spoken out against attempts to prevent Jews from visiting the Temple Mount. In a statement to the press, Rabinowitz denounced the “vitriolic words uttered by Arab sources” regarding the entry to the […]
Jordan Pressing Israel Against Temple Mount Prayer
Jordan’s King Abdullah II is pressing Israel not to pass a bill allowing Jews to exercise their religious rights and pray on the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, a senior official of the Hashemite kingdom revealed on Tuesday. Jordanian Ambassador to “Palestine” Khalid al-Shawabka told the Palestinian Arab Ma’an News Agency that a bill proposed […]
Jews Visiting Temple Mount ‘Herd of Cattle’
Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman called Jews visiting the Temple Mount a “herd of cattle” on Saturday, less than 24 hours after he incited violence against Jews visiting Judaism’s holiest site and called to prevent their access “by all means.” “The Palestinian leadership will be taking the necessary legal measures, at the international level, regarding the aggression […]
Online Campaign Aims to Build Third Temple
Several parallels have already been drawn, if informally, between Israel’s current campaign to eliminate Hamas terror – and the international community’s slow, but climbing, understanding of Israel’s right to self-defense – and events described in the Torah regarding the completion of the Third Temple. While acknowledgement of this has been somewhat informal – including a widely […]
The Temple Mount
Temple on the Temple Mount
By Irvin Baxter
Question: Justin from Ohio called to ask Irvin, “Is the Third Temple going to be built on the Temple Mount or somewhere else?”
Jordan Condemns Israel Over Temple Mount
The Temple Mount became Jewish again on Tuesday, and Jordan didn’t like it.Temple organizations reported Tuesday morning that about 400 Jews had ascended to the Mount in the morning hours, and that police allowed them in without undue delays.
MKs propose bill to allow Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
Labor and Likud MKs have joined forces on a new bill that proposes to allow Jews to pray at the Temple Mount compound – for the first time since the destruction of the Second Temple, as Jews are currently barred from praying at the site. MK Miri Regev (Likud) and MK Hilik Bar (Labor) are […]
Israel and the Temple Mount
Will Israel Profit by Building a new Tabernacle? By Irvin Baxter Question: Joseph from Florida calling to ask Irvin if it would be profitable for Israel to reassemble the tabernacle and use that as the Western Wall for the time being? Answer: There is a group that has actually built a tabernacle in Jericho; however […]