Temple Mount Archives - David M. Weinberg

Derishat Yerushalayim, Seeking Jerusalem

May 19, 2023

To be a Doresh Yerushalayim, a seeker of Jerusalem, involves attending to her welfare and dreaming of full redemption.

‘Hasata’ on Har HaBayit

February 10, 2023

If the Jordanians hold a “special role” on the Temple Mount, supposedly meaning they help keep the peace, why have they allowed it to become ground zero for antisemitic incitement and violence? Where does King Abdullah’s well-massaged image as a “moderate” find expression in management of the Temple Mount?

Strike while the iron is hot

January 6, 2023

Israel should implement policy change in concentrated fashion and plow through the chorus of international criticism. What doesn’t get done in the next 6-12 months will get bogged down in internecine squabbling or be impeded by accumulative foreign pressures.

Just who has violated the Temple Mount status quo?

December 16, 2022

On Palestinian-Jordanian impudence and Israeli infirmity.

My first Temple Mount ascent

December 9, 2022

My first "aliyah" to "Har HaBayit" was scary, emotional, fascinating, and infuriating. And necessary.

Nine landfills for Prime Minister Lapid

July 1, 2022

Which policies will Yair Lapid choose to adopt during his time as PM? Here are my nine "landfills" -- policy suggestions for the period in which Lapid fills-in for Bennett.

Why bother?

June 10, 2022

President Biden should not come to the Mideast without a useful agenda that includes truly confronting Iran.

When the going gets tough…

May 20, 2022

When the going gets tough… the tough get going. When this country is under attack, Israel’s friends need to be more determined than ever to defend it.

Arrest Jordan’s false claims in Jerusalem

May 13, 2022

King Abdullah has no claim to “custodianship” over Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.

Temple Mount inversions of truth

April 21, 2022

Islamic violence has become the Temple Mount status quo. This is the “status quo” that Western leaders wish to preserve?! ... Israel must parry Palestinian violence and Islamic incitement in Jerusalem by laying out a new diplomatic initiative to solidify Israel’s rights on Har HaBayit.

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