Hundreds Visit Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av

From Prayer to Provocation: How the Media Twisted Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount Visit

On Sunday, August 3, major media outlets amplified a distorted Palestinian narrative about Jerusalem’s Temple Mount — Judaism’s holiest site — in a way that did more than just misinform. It helped legitimize the very rhetoric used by Hamas to justify its October 7, 2023 massacre. From factual errors to sensationalism, the coverage of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s brief visit to the Al-Aqsa compound on Tisha B’Av – the Jewi…

Dozens of Israelis bow in prayer and song on the Temple Mount

Thousands of Jews visited the Temple Mount over the fast of Tisha B’Av, including Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, to pray, prostrate, and sing to Hashem—hoping for redemption and the rebuilding of Jerusalem to draw closer. https://worldisraelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VIDEO-2025-08-03-22-28-30.mp4   https://worldisraelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VIDEO-2025-08-03-22-34-51.mp4 The post WATCH: Dozens of Israelis bow in prayer and song o…

Hundreds Visit Temple Mount on Tisha B’Av

JERUSALEM – Hundreds of Jewish Israelis, including government ministers, visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday, the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email In a departure from previous years, police authorized singing within the Temple Mount compound. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Negev, […]

First time in thousands of years: Jewish minister leads prayers on the Temple Mount

Thousands ascend to pray; Jews allowed to sing, prostrate under new policy hailed as historic change in worship rights at Judaism’s holiest site.

Record Number of Jews Visit Temple Mount

According to the Temple Mount Administration, which works to strengthen Jewish ties to the holy site, described the 3,527 visitors as “a jump of over 32% over the previous record.” The visits came during the somber holiday of Tisha B’Av, a Jewish day of mourning for the destruction of the First and Second Jewish Temples. In a first for an Israeli government minister, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir openly prayed on the Temple Mount de…