Israel 365 News - On Friday, Prime Minister Netanyahu instructed the police to prevent Jews from ascending to the Temple Mount, making it the 18th consecutive day that Jews were prevented from visiting their holiest site.
Muslims are permitted to enter the Temple Mount unimpeded and 28,000 Arabs entered the site on Friday. The Arabs see the prohibition against Jews as a victory, expressing this by ridiculing the IDF soldiers assigned to maintain order.
Friday, which Islam claims as their sabbath, was a time for mass riots on the Temple Mount, throwing stones and Molotov cocktails at police.
Bezalel Smotrich, leader of the Religious Zionist Party, called on Netanyahu to open the site immediately to Jews, stipulating that should the PM make any concessions concerning the Temple Mount in his ongoing ceasefire negotiations with the Palestinians, his party would not join a Likud-led coalition.
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