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Latest News from the Temple Mount
2008-03-05 17:41:00 The Temple Mount area of Jerusalem has been in the news again over the past two weeks. Yesterday, The Jerusalem Post reported that, “Police on Tuesday stopped Wakf Muslim trust officials from performing unauthorized construction work on the Temple Mount.” Over the last year, there has been tension between Wakf officials and the Israeli government over Muslim restoration work damage to artifacts on the Temple Mount. The situation is as complicated as they get in the world of religious politics of the Middle East. The Wakf is the body that administrates the Temple Mount’s daily operations, while the Israeli government is charged with the site’s security. The Wakf maintains that the Temple Mount was not really the site of any Jewish Temples. The Israeli government has a vested interest in preserving the evidence of this being the site of any of the Temples to strengthen their claim on the Mount. The Wakf, has the opposite interest to suppress anything that might prove...
By: Grail Seekers
Quake-Induced Hole at Temple Mount
2008-02-18 19:32:00 Recent tremors raise fears of potentially destructive earthquake By Zafrir Rinat and Eli Ashkenazi, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and AP The National Infrastructures Ministry said in a statement following Friday’s 5.3-magnitude earthquake that the most recent tremors have increased fears about the possibility of a destructive earthquake taking place here. The earthquake shook Israel early Friday afternoon and ...
?Olmert gave us the Temple Mount,? say Palestinians
2007-12-14 02:19:00 senior Palestinian negotiator says Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert lied last week when he said Israel’s control of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount is not up for negotiation.Speaking to WorldNetDaily, the Palestinian official revealed that Olmert has already all but signed away the holy site. “What Olmert said (regarding the Mount) is absolutely false. I think he’s not ...
Revealed: Israel agreed to forfeit Temple Mount
2007-12-13 22:20:00 JERUSALEM ? In spite of longstanding denials by top officials here, the Israeli government in 2000 agreed to relinquish the Temple Mount ? Judaism’s holiest site ? to the Palestinians during U.S.-backed negotiations, according to declassified documents made public today.The information comes as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert earlier this month denied talks started at November’s ...
Support Sought for Temple Mount Synagogue
2007-12-13 03:47:00 IsraelNN.com) Haifa’s long-time Chief Rabbi She’ar-Yashuv Cohen, who has taken part in many interfaith conferences and gatherings with Moslem religious leaders, says he’s trying to gather support for a synagogue on the Temple Mount. Rabbi Cohen, son of the late renowned Torah scholar known as the Nazir, Rabbi David Cohen, chairs the Chief Rabbinate Council for ...
Netanyahu: Temple Mount must remain under Israeli control
2007-12-06 20:02:00 Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the government on Thursday for “willingly ceding expansive areas of Jerusalem to our enemies. I am hard-pressed to recall any time in the past wherein Jews volunteered to hand over areas to foreigners.” Netanyahu added that “the people of Israel have already spilt an ocean of tears and blood, and it ...
Olmert lying about Temple Mount
2007-11-29 22:47:00 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s statements on Wednesday that Israel’s sovereignty over the Temple Mount is not up for negotiation are “false,” according to a chief Palestinian negotiator, who told WND the Israeli leader already agreed to forfeit Judaism’s holiest site to a coalition of Arab countries. “What Olmert said (regarding the Mount) is absolutely false. ...
BushCo ping Rabbis to give up Temple Mount
2007-11-06 21:26:00 Rabbis Invited For Pre-Annapolis Temple Mount Talks by Ezra HaLevi (IsraelNN.com) Israel?s Chief Rabbis and the Chief Rabbi of Haifa have been invited to the White House for pre-Annapolis talks to explain the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount. Chief Rabbis Yonah Metzger and Shlomo Amar, as well as the Chief Rabbi of Haifa and Chairman of the ...
Temple Mount construction quarry found
2007-09-23 21:47:00 Well, it looks like I've found an internet computer here in Eilat after all, and here's an article about a new ancient structure found: (IsraelNN.com) The Antiquities Authority announced Sunday that archeologists had found an ancient quarry that supplied rocks for the construction of the Temple Mount. The quarry is located in the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo in Jerusalem, between French Hill and
By: Tel-Chai Nation
Terror group broadcasting from Temple Mount
2007-09-19 06:09:00 JERUSALEM ? The official radio network of a major terror organization has been exclusively broadcasting daily from the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, WND has learned.The radio network regularly features Iranian and anti-Semitic propaganda and death threats against Jews. The Al-Quds network, the official radio station of the Islamic Jihad terror group, has been exclusively broadcasting ...
Jerusalem Affairs: Mounting Temple Mount pressure
2007-09-15 00:01:00 It is being called some of the most extensive work on the Temple Mount in more than a decade. The two-month-old dig on the Temple Mount is being carried out by Islamic officials - with Israeli approval - as part of infrastructure repair, to fix faulty electrical lines on the ancient compound. A group of independent ...
Temple Mount
2007-09-14 02:10:00 Interesting YouTube clip from the History Channel about the Temple in Jerusalem
By: Templar Globe
Islamic Wakf conducts more destruction at Temple Mount
2007-09-03 10:09:00 In past weeks, the subject of the Wakf conducting more of their demolishing on the Temple Mount has come up again. Here's an article for starters from Breitbart (via One Jerusalem) that tells some starting details, and here's some photos of when a policeman stood in the way of a tractor they were using, a very bold move. I'm going to post four of them here: The part showing what appears to be
By: Tel-Chai Nation
Tisha B?Av
2007-07-24 19:27:00 Tisha B’Av, the Fast of the Ninth of Av, is a day of mourning to commemorate the many tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people, many of which coincidentally (?) have occurred on the ninth of Av. Tisha B’Av means “the ninth (day) of Av.” It usually occurs ...
By: UnsealedProphecy
Rabbis attempt to resume animal sacrifices on the Temple Mount
2007-07-15 22:03:00 The present-day Sanhedrin Court along with a group of extremist rabbis announced their plans on Wednesday to resume ancient Temple practices of animal sacrifices on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, despite religious bans by Moslems and Jews.The court purchased herds of sheep for ritual sacrifice, which they have planned for the eve of Passover, depending ...
News & Current Events :: Jordan Secretly Buying Land Accessing Temple Mount
2007-07-03 15:14:00 Author: Eric Subject: Jordan Secretly Buying Land Accessing Temple MountPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:14 am (GMT -4) Jordan Secretly Buying Land Accessing Temple Mount Kingdom said to be solidifying control of Judaism's holiest site Aaron Klein JERUSALEM Jordan has been quietly purchasing real estate surrounding the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in the hope of gaining more control over the area accessing the holy site, according to Palestinian and Israeli officials. Israel's Maariv daily newspaper reported a member of the Jordanian royal family has been leading efforts to purchase properties near the Temple Mount Judaism's holiest site as part of the kingdom's plan to solidify its already strong presence there. The Maariv story was first reported by WND four months ago in an exclusive report revealing Jordan has used shell companies during the past year to purchase several apartments and shops located at key peripheral sections of the Temple Mount. Israeli and P...
Hamas Planned Takeover Of Temple Mount foiled
2007-07-02 17:05:00 Hamas’s attempts to take over control of the Temple Mount as well as spread its ideology and recruit new members in Jerusalem have been foiled by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), a senior security official announced Monday. According to officials, Hamas has invested millions of shekels in recent years in Jerusalem charities and religious institutions, ...
By: The Hot Joints
UN: Israel not damaging temple mount, but must be supervised
2007-03-13 18:15:00 And why does Israel need to be supervised if the UN knows it is not damaging anything? Because the UN is a joke! Ynet Israeli works near the Temple Mount did not cause damage to the historic site, a UNESCO report set to be published Wednesday states. However, the UN organization recommends that the... [ visit A Jewish Blog to continue reading ]
By: Jewish Blog
Video tour of the Temple Mount
2007-03-04 20:25:00 One Jerusalem has a must-see video recording about the Temple Mount:You can sign the Temple Mount petition here.
By: Tel-Chai Nation
The Violence on the Temple Mount
2007-02-18 03:46:01 By Shimon Z. Klein The violence that erupted at the Moghrabi Gate at the entrance to the Temple Mount and Al-Aqsa Mosque was predictable. The Israeli Authorities had decided to take unilateral action by deciding to begin archeological excavations near the Moghrabi Gate, which is the main entrance to the Temple Mount and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. ...
Turkish team to inspect Jerusalem Temple Mount
2007-02-17 00:18:08 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday agreed to allow a Turkish team to inspect the construction site at the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem. Muslims fear excavation at the site will harm the face of the nearby Al-Aqsa Mosque. The announcement was made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he met Olmert in Ankara. Erdogan said his Israeli counterpart had shown him photographs of the construction work, but had failed to convince him that it would not harm the holy sites there. Olmert then agreed to a Turkish suggestion for a technical team from Turkey to inspect the site, Erdogan said. Olmert said he agreed to the inspection because “Israel has nothing to hide.” He added that the matter of the construction on the site had been misconstrued and presented in a tendentious way in the international media. “The construction of this bridge next to the Western Wall has been taken out of context, but we will cooperate with everyone and will be ...
By: Templar Globe
The Mugrabim ramp is not part of the Temple Mount
2007-02-09 13:00:02 On February 4 renovations began on the Mugrabim ramp in Jerusalem , which leads from the paved area in front of the Western Wall to the Temple Mount 's Mugrabim Gate. The Mugrabim ramp is part of an earthen embankment and was damaged by an earthquake and the winter storms of 2004, and is currently in danger of collapse. The Israeli Antiquities Authority is undertaking rescue excavations before implementing... [read more]
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