Jordan demands total control of Temple Mount

Meanwhile, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayed seeks “freedom of worship for members of all religions, as stipulated in the standardization agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel,” says policy expert Moshe Albo. “King Abdullah claims this violates the existing status quo and the peace agreement between Jordan and Israel.”

Temple Mount closed to Jews until further notice

“Israel is committed to the status quo on the Temple Mount,” said Lapid in a briefing to foreign journalists at his Jerusalem ministry on Sunday afternoon. “Muslims pray on the Temple Mount; non-muslims only visit. There is no change; there will be no change.”

The battle for the Temple Mount stairs

He then ascended to the second step when the Israeli policeman accompanying the group stopped him and ordered him to descend. The policeman expressed in stern terms that ascending the steps was forbidden.

PA threatens Purim holy-war on Temple Mount 

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, also called on Palestinians to arrive at the mosque “to confront the calls launched by extremist settler groups to storm it during the Jewish holiday of Purim” later this week.