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High Court to review decision to close Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day

For the first time in 30 years, the national holiday marking the reunification of Jerusalem after the Six-Day War falls during the final days of Ramadan, when police generally close off the Temple Mount to Jews.

by  Efrat Forsher
Published on  05-14-2019 14:00
Last modified: 10-10-2021 11:37
High Court to review decision to close Temple Mount on Jerusalem DayOren Ben Hakoon

Jewish visitors look at the Temple Mount from a distance | File photo: Oren Ben Hakoon

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The High Court of Justice is scheduled to discuss on Thursday a petition against a decision this week by Jerusalem District Police Chief Maj Gen. Doron Yedid to close the Temple Mount to Jews on Jerusalem Day for the first time in 30 years.

Most years, the police not only allow Jewish visitors into the Temple Mount compound, they expand visiting hours to accommodate the thousands of extra visitors who come to celebrate Jerusalem Day, the annual holiday marking the reunification of Jerusalem after the 1967 Six-Day War.

This year, Jerusalem Day takes place on June 2, which falls during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

It is standard practice for the Jerusalem District Police to shut down the Temple Mount to Jews for the last few days of Ramadan, when hundreds of thousands of Muslim worshippers traditionally visit the site.

On Monday, the various Temple Mount activist groups were infuriated after they received notified that this year, the Mount would be off-limits to Jews on Jerusalem Day because of the conflict with Ramadan.

Students for the Temple Mount and the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation said in a joint response: "We will not accept more discrimination against Jews at this holy place, and certainly not on the day [marking] the precious site's liberation."

The High Court could decide to instruct the police to open the Temple Mount to Jews on June 2, but restrict the hours. No matter how it rules, the decision will likely have ramifications for years to come.

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