Devout Jewish Israelis, including Israeli settlers, have visited the Temple Mount in rising numbers in recent years.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/israeli-police-fatally-shoot-man-at-jerusalems-holy-site/article66686706.ece

Even the precious Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa (‘Haram al-Sharif’) built on the Jewish Temple Mount had been left to waste away.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/the-colourful-twitter-history-of-palestine/2023/08/06/

For Jews, Temple Mount is the holiest place, where the biblical King Solomon built the first Temple 3,000 years ago and where a second Temple was razed by the Romans.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/far-right-minister-says-israel-in-charge-during-visit-to-jerusalem-holy-site/article_e6a5d8a4-e089-5bcd-a1e5-835abe59cc0c.html

Gazans say the demonstrations are to protest issues including the treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and Jewish visits to the Al Aqsa mosque compound, a site holy to both Muslims and Jews, who know it as the Temple Mount.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Three-Palestinians-wounded-in-clashes-on-Israel-Gaza-border-Palestinian-officials-say--44910449/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230923

Hamas politburo chief said the main reason for launching the "historic and epic" attack was the "criminal aggression" of Israelis at the on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, which he said had "reached its peak in recent days."

Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/10/07/at-war-Hamas-rocket-barrage-kills-40-wounds-hundreds/9881696681253/

He and some other rabbis have consistently condemned Ben Gvir for his Temple Mount visits, which are also widely controversial because of the site’s geopolitical volatility and sanctity for Muslims.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/chief-sephardic-rabbi-ben-gvirs-temple-mount-visits-are-a-sin/

In 2015, at the beginning of what is known as the “Knife Intifada,” Netanyahu forbade MKs and cabinet ministers from going to the Temple Mount because he did not want to exacerbate an already very tense situation.

Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-726561

In an interview on Army Radio this morning, US ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said that the US is concerned about “actions that are obviously provocative,” a reference to Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount visit.

Source: https://themedialine.org/mideast-daily-news/un-security-council-meeting-today-to-debate-ben-gvirs-temple-mount-visit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=un-security-council-meeting-today-to-debate-ben-gvirs-temple-mount-visit

Jewish visitors are also expected to ascend the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/israel-launches-airstrikes-in-syria-after-rocket-attacks-2564681/

Jews on the Temple Mount.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/temple-mount-har-habayit/more-jews-than-ever-before-ascended-to-the-temple-mount-since-rosh-hashanah/2023/12/22/

Just two years ago, he prided himself on having prevented Ben-Gvir from setting the Middle East on fire when he asked that Jews be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/01/israeli-far-right-minister-risks-regional-flareup-temple-mount-visit

On Sunday morning, Haaretz reporter Nir Hasson tweeted a video of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leaning on a short wall on the Temple Mount, reading from his smartphone, with the accusatory headline: “Praying.”

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/temple-mount-har-habayit/sunday-ben-gvir-prayed-on-temple-mount/2023/05/21/

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Monday warned against a trip by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, after the far-right lawmaker announced plans to visit the flashpoint holy site.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/people-will-die-lapid-calls-on-netanyahu-to-prevent-ben-gvirs-temple-mount-visit/

Palestinians shout slogans at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, following clashes with Israeli security forces in Jerusalem’s Old City April 15, 2022.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/16/fatah-murderer-of-seven-civilians-is-a-hero-who-took-revenge-for-dead-terrorists/

People walk toward the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Aqsa mosque compound (also known as the Temple Mount complex to Jews) in the old city of Jerusalem on Jan.

Source: https://time.com/6244555/temple-mount-haram-al-sharif-israel-ben-gvir/

Referring to these Jews as "colonizers," the Palestinian PM falsely accused them of violently storming the al-Aqsa Mosque, located on the Temple Mount.

Source: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/19574/palestinians-israel-peace-talks

Saturday’s celebration comes during a rise of violence in the Old City, which has seen clashes between police and Muslim worshipers at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site, the Temple Mount compound that is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/holy-sepulchre-letter-undermines-church-allegations-on-israeli-worship-limits/

The Intifada started when Sharon visited the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, a holy site for Muslims and Jews who know it as the Temple Mount.

Source: https://sbstatesman.com/122488/news/how-the-israel-palestine-conflict-is-playing-out-at-sbu-a-deeper-look/

The mosque, which is Islam's third holiest site, is built on top of what Jews call the Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/clashes-erupt-israel-police-enter-flashpoint-jerusalem-mosque.1023659

“There is no building freeze or change in the status quo on the Temple Mount and there is no restriction in IDF activity,” Hanegbi said.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/israel-vows-no-settlement-freeze-despite-claims-to-contrary-after-jordan-summit/2023/02/26/