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Israeli far-right hijack Jerusalem Day celebrations with ‘death to Arabs’ chants and Temple Mount prayer

Extremists used the occasion to call for Arab villages to be burned and break the ban on Jewish worship at the holy site

By Jacob Jaffa

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Protestors clashed with police in Jerusalem on Monday after members of the far-right chanted 'death to the Arabs' during Yom Yerushalayim celebrations (Image: Flash90)
Reaching out: Rome's Chief Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni (left) with Christian and Muslim leaders at the Vatican in 2006 (Photo: Getty Images)

Does Judaism see other faiths as valid?

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, after his visit at the Temple Mount, during Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) כותל מערבי איתמר בן גביר השר לביטחון לאומי תשעה באב

US condemns Ben-Gvir’s call for synagogue on Temple Mount

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Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins Jewish nationalists, including far-right activists, rallying at Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on 5 June, 2024 during the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, that commemorates the Israeli army's capture in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war of the city's eastern sector, home to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, which Jews call the Temple Mount. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli defence minister calls Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount statements ‘dangerous, unnecessary and irresponsible’

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National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, after his visit at the Temple Mount, during Tisha B'Av, August 13, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** ביקור כותל מערבי איתמר בן גביר השר לביטחון לאומי תשעה באב

Ben-Gvir makes inflammatory visit to Temple Mount amid threat of Iran attack

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The Roman Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, 70 AD by Nicolas Poussin (Alamy)

The Temple was our beating heart – we should mourn its loss

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Temple Mount will be closed apart from to Muslim women and men over 50

Israeli government decides against Ramadan restrictions for Arab Israelis on Temple Mount

2 min read

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