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The Temple Mount remains, under the terms of the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty, under Jordanian custodianship. In December 1997, Israeli security services preempted an attempt by Jewish extremists to throw a pig's head wrapped in the pages of the Quran into the area, in order to spark a riot and embarrass the government.
Temple Mount entry restrictions. A sign by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel warns that entering the site goes against the Halakha (Jewish religious law). The entry restrictions for tourists, showing opening times and a Rabbinic warning. A view of Temple Mount from south side. Israeli Police guard an entrance to the Temple Mount.
The Temple Mount and Israel Faithful Movement (Hebrew: נאמני הר הבית וארץ ישראל), more commonly known simply as the Temple Mount Faithful (נאמני הר הבית), is an extremist Orthodox Jewish movement, based in Jerusalem, whose goal is to rebuild the Third Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and re-institute the practice of ritual sacrifice.
Starting at the Western Wall Plaza, workers dug northward, under the Old City's Muslim Quarter. [8] Beginning in 1968, Israeli archaeologists began excavations at the foot of the Temple Mount, immediately south of the al-Aqsa Mosque, uncovering Roman, Umayyad and Crusader remains. [9] In 1970, Israeli authorities commenced intensive excavations ...
The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple ( Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, Modern: Bēt haMīqdaš, Tiberian: Bēṯ hamMīqdāš; Arabic: بيت المقدس, Bayt al-Maqdis ), refers to the two religious structures that served as the central places of worship for Israelites and Jews on the modern-day Temple ...
Dome (s) 1. The Dome of the Rock ( Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized : Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically attested religious structure to be ...
The Gate of Darkness ( Arabic: باب العتم Bāb al-ʿAtim or -ʿAtam) is one of the three gates located on the north side. It was called "Gate of al-Dawadariya" ( باب الدوادرية ), after a nearby school. It is now also known as King Faisal's Gate ( باب الملك فيصل ). The gate is four meters tall, with an arched roof.
The 2017 Temple Mount crisis [1] [2] [3] was a period of violent tensions related to the Temple Mount, which began on 14 July 2017, after a shooting incident in the complex in which Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli police officers. Following the attack, Israeli authorities installed metal detectors at the entrance to the Mount in a step ...