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Outrageous outrage over the Temple Mount
Jerusalem is roiling and seething with Muslim and Arab incitement, riots and deadly violence against Jewish Israelis, something that has been growing and building up since the summer. It started when the three Israeli teens were kidnapped and murdered and … Continue reading
Posted in Israel news
Tagged Arabs, Har Habayit, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish prayer, Muslims, Temple Mount, US Administration
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The battle for Jerusalem
Jerusalem has been under fire, both literally and diplomatically, for a long while now, but in recent weeks the situation has deteriorated sharply. If the authorities, i.e Binyamin Netanyahu and his Public Security Minister Yitzchak Aharanovitch don’t get matters in … Continue reading
Posted in Israel news, Terrorism
Tagged Har Habayit, Jerusalem, light rail, Mahmoud Abbas, Mount of Olives, Old City, Palestinians, riots, Silwan, stone throwing, Temple Mount
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Yom Yerushalayim 5774 – Jerusalem Reunification Day 2014
Yom Yerushalayim began tonight, marking the 47th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, as well as the liberation of Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights (and the Gaza Strip but that’s another story) in the 1967 Six Day War. The … Continue reading
Posted in History, Israel news
Tagged 1967, Har Habayit, Jerusalem, Kotel, Old City, Six Day War, Temple Mount, Western Wall, Yom Yerushalayim
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Destroying Jewish history
In the middle of the Six Day War in 1967, Motta Gur may famously have announced “The Temple Mount is in our hands“, but the truth is that this is far from evident today. The ongoing destruction at the hands … Continue reading
Posted in Mideast news, Terrorism
Tagged archaeology, Bet Hamikdash, destruction, First Temple, Har Habayit, Jerusalem, Judaism, Muslims, Old City, Second Temple, Temple Mount, Waqf
15 Comments
US rebukes Israel for lack of religious freedom – for Jews
I was astonished to read that the US State Department has condemned Israel for restricting religious freedom for Jews on the Temple Mount. The cause of my astonishment is that barely 2 weeks ago, the same State Department was having … Continue reading
Posted in International relations, Israel news, Judaism
Tagged Har Habayit, Jerusalem, Jewish prayer, religious freedom, State Department, Temple Mount
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Tisha Be’Av 5772 – 2012
It is the fast of Tisha Be’Av (9th of Av) today (OK, technically it is the 10th today, since we don’t fast on Shabbat besides on Yom Kippur), the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. The fast commemorates the destruction … Continue reading
Posted in International relations, Israel news, Judaism
Tagged capital, destruction, Har Habayit, Israel, Jerusalem, mourning, Temple Mount, Tisha B'Av, Waqf
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