On expert believes the conflic over the Temple Mount is beyond the surface of politics, and that President Trump will continue to support Israel, despite the tension that currently exists.
Removing the metal detectors and surveillance cameras at an entrance to the Temple Mount didn't stop the incitement by Palestinians. So security officials were on high alert for Friday prayers, but thankfully it ended without incident.
The Palestinian Authority just increased part of its budget that pays convicted terrorists and their families. The move comes despite pressure from the United States to end the practice.
Despite Israel's compliance with Muslim and international demands to remove security upgrades at the Lion's Gate entrance to the Temple Mount, Fatah and Hamas called for a "day of rage" Friday, but the violence began a day early.
A few days before Tisha B'Av, the annual fast day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Jewish Temples on the Temple Mount, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced the discovery of more evidence of the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Authority and Islamic religious authorities said Israel's removal of recently installed metal detectors and security cameras at an entrance to the Temple Mount is not enough.
Israel's decision to remove the recently installed metal detectors and security cameras at the Lion's Gate entrance to the Temple Mount has generated concern it will be interpreted as giving into terror elements.
The murders of three Jewish settlers has Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria "on edge," a community leader told CBN News.
Thousands of Israelis traveled to Modi'in – a city about halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv – Sunday to attend the funerals of three members of the Salomon family murdered in the Samaria Jewish community of Halamish on Friday evening.
A phone call between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Abdallah of Israel resolved the crisis.