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For decades after 1967, the Temple Mount was defined by a simple rule: Jews could visit but not pray. Small but meaningful changes are quietly shifting that balance.

Palestinian Authority decries 'dangerous escalation' as police grant Jewish visitors extra hour at flashpoint site; Temple Mount activist calls move 'slight concession' The post Jewish worshipers get ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Al Aqsa compound atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem: a holy site for both Muslims and Jews. | ...

Except for some clandestine surveys of caves, cisterns and tunnels undertaken by European adventurers in the late 19th century—and some minor archaeological work conducted by the British from 1938 to ...

By the late 12th century, political reality changed. The renewed Muslim control under Saladin after 1187 and the renewed Jewish presence in the city brought to the forefront the status of the Temple ...

Israel's hardline national security minister has sparked outrage across the Muslim world – by flouting a decades-old arrangement aimed at keeping in check religious tensions over Jerusalem's Temple ...