Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided on Tuesday that Temple Mount will be closed to Jewish visitors from Wednesday until the end of the month of Ramadan, because of security concerns. Tensions have escalated over the last week spoiling a period when the holy month of Ramadan coincides with the Jewish Passover and Christian Easter.

PM Netanyahu bars Jewish visitors from Temple Mount for last 10 days of Ramadan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided on Tuesday that Temple Mount will be closed to Jewish visitors from Wednesday until the end of the month of Ramadan, because of security concerns.

Israel bars Jewish visitors from Temple Mount for last 10 days of Ramadan

In what is being seen as a provocation by Palestine, Israel's extreme-right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited Jerusalem's contested holy site, Al-Aqsa mosque, on Tuesday.

Ben-Gvir visits Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, enraging Palestinians, Jordan condemns move

As Israel prepared to swear-in what is one of the most right-wing government in its history, King Abdullah II of Jordan has warned the incoming government not to cross Jordan’s “red lines”, in a reference to Jerusalem’s holy sites.

Jordan ready for conflict if 'red lines' in Jerusalem are crossed, warns King Abdullah

Jordan's Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Israel's ambassador to the country, Amir Weissbrod, in protest over last week's clashes at Jerusalem's Temple Mount compound, when Jewish worshipers were allowed on the site to commemorate Tisha B'Av, which coincided with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

Jordan summons Israeli envoy over Temple Mount 'violations'

'Tonight, I say to the whole world and in the clearest way possible, Jerusalem was and will always be the capital of Israel,' Netanyahu said in front of thousands of concert-goers

Jerusalem will always be Israel's capital: Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel is considering breaking all contacts with UNESCO, after a resolution on the holy site in Jerusalem without referring 'Temple Mount'

Israel recalls ambassador after second UNESCO vote denying Jewish connection to Jerusalem

Police expelled 10 Jews from the compound for trying to pray and arrested another two. Jews are allowed to visit the compound but not pray

Jews expelled from Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on mourning day

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