According to the Second Book of Kings and the First Book of Chronicles, David’s son, Solomon, built the First Temple (later known as the Beit Hamikdash) on that site. “The Temple Mount was the ...

The history of the Temple Mount is one of perpetual friction. It was the site of Solomon’s first Temple, later destroyed by ...

The First Temple, also known as Solomon's Temple, was destroyed by the Babylonians ... Before the Islamic Al-Aqsa mosque was built on the Temple Mount in the seventh century, multiple attempts ...

Ten MKs called for Hebrew signs to be positioned in the Old City, pointing the way to the Temple Mount and on the sacred site, ahead of Passover. “World leaders warned before the US Embassy was ...

Notably absent from the “unanimous” recommendation to ban Jewish entry into the Temple Mount during the remainder of Ramadan was the far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Temple Mount is one of the holiest sites in Jerusalem for both Jews and Muslims. Historians have associated it with Mount Moriah (where the binding of Isaac took place) and Mount Zion (where the ...

Israeli police officers restrain Jewish activists protesting the Waqf control on the Temple Mount, December 7, 2023. In a letter sent to members of the US Senate on Monday, a group of Israeli ...

As Israeli archaeologists recover artifacts from the religious site, ancient history inflames modern-day political tensions ...