Just days into the new Israeli Prime Minister’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, an international row erupted over the visit to the Temple Mount by one of his ministers.
Ze'ev Orenstein of the City of David Foundation shares details about Jerusalem's Pool of Siloam, the site where Jesus healed a blind man over 2,000 years ago.
Muslims also term the Temple Mount the Haram al-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, where the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock are located. The founder of Islam, Prophet Muhammed is, according to tradition,Muslim worshipers fill the grounds outside the Al-Aqsa mosque on the last Friday of Ramadan, Dec. 31. About 400,000 Muslims packed Islam's thrid holiest shrine during this holy month of fasting and prayer.
Itamar Ben-Gvir visits at Hatikva Market in Tel Aviv during his campaign ahead of the country's election, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Ben-Gvir is now a minister in the new Netanyahu government.Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Turkey termed Ben-Gvir’s visit as being"provocative," while the Palestinian Authority also condemned the visit as an"unprecedented provocation." The PA added that"Netanyahu bears responsibility for this attack on Al-Aqsa."
It is unclear what Jordan meant by the"storming" of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Ben-Gvir did not enter the mosque and his presence on the compound went without friction. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean of the Los Angeles-based Jewish human rights organization, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, told Fox News Digital that Jordan is,"The last country on earth to lecture Israel. Jordan destroyed Jewish life in the Old City in 1948.
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