JERUSALEM - Israel’s new right-wing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir managed to upset the U.S., France, the Palestinians and Sunni Arab countries on Tuesday due to his 15-minute visit to the ...

The Temple Mount refers to a flat plaza situated above the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, and it is considered a holy site in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam alike. According to Jewish ...

The status quo at the site has generally barred Jewish visitors from bringing religious items such as prayer books and ...

A group of people partakes in violence to prevent a rival group from praying in a site that is deemed holy to both. The authorities in charge of the area restrict access to this revered spot and ...

Police confirm change to longstanding ban on non-Muslim prayer, which comes weeks after Ben Gvir confidant appointed as ...

Israeli police have allowed Jewish visitors to bring printed prayer texts onto the Temple Mount for the first time, marking a ...

Under the new policy, Jewish visitors may enter the site with a single prayer page, provided it is prepared in advance and ...

The controversial annual flag march by Jews in Jerusalem’s Old City was canceled by the police and then reinstated against the backdrop of heightened tensions in the city between Jews and Palestinians ...

In 1925, the Supreme Muslim Council published a guide to the Temple Mount for tourists that said the site’s “identity with the site of Solomon’s Temple is beyond dispute.” ...

JERUSALEM — After the recent deadly spate of suicide attacks, citizens of Jerusalem fear for their lives. But Christians and Jews in the area say they also fear attacks on their holy places.

After discovering a highly rare, 2,000-year-old measuring table that was once used to assess wine or olive oil containers in Jerusalem, experts believe they've pinpointed the location of a crucial ...