JERUSALEM (JNS)- Some 2,000 Jews ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday to mark Tisha B’Av, the fast day that began the night before that commemorates the destruction of the two biblical temples.
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The visits to Judaism’s holiest site took place amid an ongoing conflict between Israel and the Gaza Strip-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which fired rockets towards the holy city on Sunday morning, setting off sirens in surrounding areas.
Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system intercepted the projectiles.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad say they will fire rockets at civilians in response to Jews "storming Al-Aqsa." As one of the thousands of Jews who visited the Temple Mount today, this is what "storming" supposedly looks like. pic.twitter.com/sN0TPZWLsc
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Among the visitors to the Temple Mount on Sunday was Israeli lawmaker Itamar Ben-Gvir, head of the Otzma Yehudit Party, who told Kan Reshet Bet in a radio interview that Palestinian Islamic Jihad missiles “do not deter me.”
“We are in charge here,” he said, adding, “If we blink, they will continue. If we pound them, they will fold.”
Chanting 'Am Yisrael Chai,' far-right lawmaker @itamarbengvir ascends #TempleMount to observe the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av, despite warnings it could further escalate the military operation pic.twitter.com/Pry6SgaZoN
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Meanwhile, three Jews were detained on Sunday for violating the Israeli government’s prohibition against Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, Kan reported. The report cited police sources as saying they had “no intention of allowing any provocations or disturbances in Jerusalem at the site.”
Police said that a number of Muslim worshippers near the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is located on the Temple Mount, were also arrested for “disturbing the peace, being provocative … [and] making inciteful remarks.”
Some Muslim worshippers reportedly shouted at Ben-Gvir, “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is Greatest,” and “slaughter the Jew,” to which the parliamentarian retorted: “Am Yisrael Chai,” or “The People of Israel Lives.”
Here is the well-known provocateur and East Jerusalem activist Muhammad Abu Al-Humus, visiting the Temple Mount plaza in honor of Tisha B'Av. Israeli police are seen evicting him from the area. After he harassed the pilgrim Jews. #ApartheidPalestine pic.twitter.com/XXa8mHPZ7n
— Eretz Israel (@EretzIsrael) August 7, 2022
This needs a kinos of its own , the confusion.. misguided sincere intentions… yet a severe issur or at the least safek isur
This is not halachically acceptable
Yidden have no business going there before the Bais Hamikdash is rebuilt.
just study thoroughly what the problem is before you make any halacha comments
the main problem is not listening to the elders, and if they have other true elders who they listen to no one should be commenting negative about them.
how much machlokos do we need when people that follow frum talmidei chachamim become followers of losers in our eyes because we disagree on sensitive issues
The Rebbe said don’t give away land!!
And me hu yihudi.
Who is a jew campaign!
Worrisome to see police officers videoing the moment with their phones instead of their full attention. On their job.
<em>Thousands Ascend Temple Mount On Tisha B’av</em> Infinitely worse than if they would have spent the day at home consuming meat & wine & listening to music