Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News: Al Haram al Sharif

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Sunday, February 26, 2023

Jordan trying to change the status quo on the Temple Mount

There was a brief international incident at the Temple Mount on Tuesday:Jordan’s ambassador to Israel visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Tuesday after earlier leaving the holy site in protest at being held up by police at the entrance, prompting a diplomatic protest from Amman.The Jordanian foreign ministry said it summoned Israel’s envoy Eitan Surkis after Ghassan Majali...

By calling the Temple Mount "Al Aqsa," Palestinians actually diminish its sanctity in Islam

What is the Arabic name for the Temple Mount?The answer is political.I was somewhat surprised to find out that calling the entire esplanade "Al Aqsa Mosque" (al-Masjid al-'Aqṣā) is not a new phenomenon. Some noted Muslim geographers and scholars used that term as early as the tenth century, as the word "masjid" is not a direct translation of "mosque."E. H. Palmer noted...

01/11 Links Pt2: Col Kemp: Jew-Hate at American Universities; Caroline Glick: The ‘woke’ West is assaulting Jews for embracing their heritage with Richard Landes

From Ian: Col Kemp: Jew-Hate at American Universities [The Amcha] report paints a stark picture of an increasing, intensifying and carefully coordinated campaign of attacks on Jewish identity at over 60% of the colleges and universities that are popular with Jews, including 2,000 incidents intended to harm Jewish students since 2015. [T]hese activists demand an end to Zionism,...

Listen to the horrifying sounds of "Talmudic rituals at Al Aqsa"

Shehab News Agency last week published video of "Settlers performing Talmudic rituals during their storming of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque."Turn up your sound to hear how disruptive they are to the sanctity of Al Haram al Sharif:Starting at 0:12, you can hear the birds who are clearly in distress at the desecration they are witnessing.Even worse, here we see the extremist usurping...

US State Department Religious Freedom Report seems to OPPOSE religious freedom for Jews on the Temple Mount

The US State Department's 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom was recently released. It has quite a large section on Israel, much of it about religious coercion by Orthodox in Israel towards other denominations. But one theme on that and the West Bank/Gaza page was seemingly against religious freedom. When it discusses Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount,...