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 ...

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

Israeli archaeologist Prof. Gabriel Barkay, who co-founded the Temple Mount Sifting Project and made key discoveries in ...

One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier ...

Discoverer of the Ketef Hinnom scrolls and founder of Temple Mount Sifting Project was a larger-than-life figure who stirred ...

The site usually is closed to non-Muslim visitors every year on the last days of Ramadan; it is the first time the end of Ramadan and Jerusalem Day have coincided in 30 years. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jewish ...

It reportedly will be the first time that the holiest site to Jews will be closed on the day marking the reunification of Jerusalem under Israeli control in 30 years. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jews 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 ...

Unrest at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount (also known as Haram esh-Sharif and the Al Aqsa Compound) led Israeli police to shut off access on Tuesday after several weeks of tension at the location. Law ...

The evening of May 21 through sundown on Friday May 22 is the holiday of Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) which celebrates the anniversary of the day, during the Six-Day-War in 1967 when the IDF ...

Integrating radiocarbon dating and microarchaeology techniques has enabled more precise dating of the ancient Wilson's Arch monument at Jerusalem's Temple Mount, according to a new study. Integrating ...