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On Tisha B’Av, Bennett speaks of ‘freedom of worship’ for Jews on Temple Mount

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(Worthy News) – Prime Minister Naftali Bennett asserted on Sunday that both Jews and Muslims have “freedom of worship” on the Temple Mount, potentially hinting at a change in policy at the most contentious site in Israel.

While Jews can visit the site in Jerusalem’s Old City that houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the long-maintained status quo there has been that any non-Muslims are forbidden from praying there.

But during Tisha B’Av on Sunday, a day that marks the destruction of the First and Second Jewish Temples that once stood on the Mount, and amid clashes at the site, Bennett issued a statement that appeared to be at odds with that policy. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]

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