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Israeli security forces escort a group of religious Jews as they visit the Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif, in Jerusalem's Old City, August 12, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

The Temple Mount movement is soaring under Israel’s new government

Defying a decades-long political arrangement, Israeli authorities are enabling an unprecedented rise in Jewish prayer at the Jerusalem holy site.

By Baker Zoubi December 6, 2021

Temple Mount activists take part at a Sacrifice procession at the Cardo in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

How the once-fringe Jewish Temple Movement is going mainstream

The Jewish Temple Movement has for years tried to change the status quo in one of the most contested holy sites in the world. Now the most mainstream figures on the Israeli right are finally listening. By Yonathan Mizrachi The Hebrew and Muslim calendars have, at times, had an effect on the political conflict surrounding the…

By +972 Magazine August 14, 2019

Palestinians pray as Israeli policemen guard during Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Wadi al-Joz, July 28, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

What the tensions on the Temple Mount are really about

While Israel has tried to remove extremist Muslim groups from the Temple Mount, the power of Jewish extremists has only grown. Now the latter are doing all they can to try and change the delicate status quo in their favor. By Yonathan Mizrachi In recent weeks tensions have escalated on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, leading to clashes between…

By +972 Magazine March 7, 2019

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Muslim women protest in front of the Lion's Gate entrance to the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, after metal detectors were placed ahead of its opening, July 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The Palestinian women’s uprising that electrified Jerusalem

Religious Palestinian women are taking in active role in the protests at the Temple Mount, shattering stereotypes of Muslim women as docile and subservient. By Elhanan Miller In the struggle of the Palestinian religious factions against Israel, the place of women has been missing from the battle. As opposed to Fatah and the left-wing factions,…

By +972 Magazine August 1, 2017

Dozens of Muslim worshippers hold a mass prayer outside the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif compound in Jerusalem's Old City, July 16, 2017.

Palestinians are reviving their agency in Jerusalem

After years of oppression and fragmentation, Palestinians in the occupied city are remobilizing around a common political goal. After days of deliberations, the Israeli government finally removed metal detectors from the entrances of the Aqsa compound on Monday evening. Reports say the decision may have been linked to an agreement reached with Jordan’s King Abdullah,…

By Amjad Iraqi July 26, 2017

Palestinian worshippers pray at Lions' Gate at the entrance to Al-Aqsa compound. Metal detectors were placed outside the site by Israeli authorities following an attack by Palestinian citizens of Israel on Israeli security forces, July 16, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Why the metal detectors at Al-Aqsa are such a big deal

Palestinians aren’t against security measures at the Al-Aqsa compound — they are against changing the delicate status quo at one of Islam’s holiest sites. By Noa Levy Why are the Palestinians up in arms over metal detectors at the entrance to Al-Aqsa? Let me assume for a moment that most of you, like me, don’t get…

By +972 Magazine July 23, 2017

Mass protests over Temple Mount carve out unique civil disobedience

Six things that must be said about the violence in Jerusalem and West Bank

There can be no justification for murder, the violence in Jerusalem isn’t about metal detectors, and there is a way out of this. Tensions in Jerusalem exploded last week in a bloody day that left four Palestinians and three Israelis dead. Israeli security forces killed two Palestinians during demonstrations outside Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday, while a third Palestinian…

By Haggai Matar July 23, 2017

Israeli police officers guard as Muslim worshippers perform a prayer at the Lion's Gate, outside the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. Metal detectors were placed at gates to the Temple Mount, and the Muslim worshippers refused to pass through them. The Temple Mount was reopened following last weeks terror attack when two Israeli Arabs opened fire and killed two Israeli police men. July 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Everything you need to know about tensions at Jerusalem’s holiest site

Over the last week a series of escalating events on the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif has threatened peace and security at the holy site and for Jerusalem as a whole. Ir Amim have created the following primer to help make sense of these rapidly spiraling events and to raise the call for a swift, agreed resolution of…

By +972 Resources July 20, 2017

Palestinian visitors from West Bank break their fast at Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, July 15, 2013. The Palestinians from the West Bank can enter Jerusalem only with Israeli permits. Only men over 40 years and women over 35 are permitted to enter during Ramadan. (Photo by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Judenrein or Judaized? A false choice for the Temple Mount

The conflict over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount has been a sticking point in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for nearly 15 years. But as time goes on, it becomes clearer that the zero-sum game between Muslims and Jews is but a grim reflection of the reality of the occupation. By Nicholas Saidel Imagine religious Jewish and Muslim pilgrims praying together…

By +972 Magazine January 3, 2014

Grave matters: Israel’s mistreatment of Islamic waqf

In the past, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denounced the desecration and vandalism of mosques and Muslim cemeteries. But the destruction of Muslim religious properties in Israel is, in fact, institutionalized and has a long and sometimes shocking history Jewish settlers torched a mosque near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 15.…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat December 20, 2011