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US condemns Ben-Gvir’s call for synagogue on Temple Mount

Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were among the Muslim countries that officially condemned Ben-Gvir’s comments.

By Andrew Bernard

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, after his visit at the Temple Mount, during Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) כותל מערבי איתמר בן גביר השר לביטחון לאומי תשעה באב

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins Jewish nationalists, including far-right activists, rallying at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on 5 June, 2024 during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, that commemorates the Israeli army's capture in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war of the city's eastern sector, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, which Jews call the Temple Mount. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli defence minister calls Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount statements ‘dangerous, unnecessary and irresponsible’

By Eliana Jordan

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, after his visit at the Temple Mount, during Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ביקור כותל מערבי איתמר בן גביר השר לביטחון לאומי תשעה באב

Ben-Gvir makes inflammatory visit to Temple Mount amid threat of Iran attack

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The Roman Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, 70 AD by Nicolas Poussin (Alamy)

The Temple was our beating heart – we should mourn its loss

By Rabbi Sam Millunchick

3 min read

Temple Mount will be closed apart from to Muslim women and men over 50

Israeli government decides against Ramadan restrictions for Arab Israelis on Temple Mount

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Ben Gvir visits Temple Mount to 'prove Israel owns' site

Ben Gvir visits Temple Mount to 'prove Israel owns' site

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This picture taken from the Mount of Olives shows the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem's Old City during clashes with Palestinians in Al-Aqsa Mosque on April 5, 2023. - Clashes erupted inside the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem early April 5, 2023 as Israeli police said they had entered to dislodge "agitators", a move denounced as an "unprecedented crime" by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, called on Palestinians in the West Bank "to go en masse to the Al-Aqsa mosque to defend it". (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Rockets fired at Israeli towns following clashes at Al-Aqsa Mosque

By Daniel Ben-David

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Ben Gvir slammed for first Temple Mount visit as minister

It was the controversial new Security Minister's first tour of the site since Israel's November election

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TOPSHOT - Palestinians walk outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City in al-Aqsa mosque compound on January 23, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)