Minister of Housing and Construction Uri Ariel, a senior member of
Israel's government, has once again controversially called for the
rebuilding of the Third Temple, on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
The first Temple was destroyed in 586 BCE, the second Temple in 70 CE, and ever since the Jews have been mourning its loss. Now that Israel has once again become a Jewish sovereign state, there have been occasional calls to rebuild the Temple.
The problem, of course, and it's not a small one, is that the site of the Temple is also the third-holiest site in Islam, home to the al-Aqsa mosque (which has stood there since the 8th century CE) and to the Dome of the Rock mosque (probably on the former site of the Temple, though that's debated).
In order to keep the peace, the status quo is that there is no Jewish building allowed on the Temple Mount, and Jews are allowed to come up to visit but not to pray.
Just to be totally clear: despite the rest of this learnboard, there's no mainstream effort to rebuild the Temple at this point in time.
The first Temple was destroyed in 586 BCE, the second Temple in 70 CE, and ever since the Jews have been mourning its loss. Now that Israel has once again become a Jewish sovereign state, there have been occasional calls to rebuild the Temple.
The problem, of course, and it's not a small one, is that the site of the Temple is also the third-holiest site in Islam, home to the al-Aqsa mosque (which has stood there since the 8th century CE) and to the Dome of the Rock mosque (probably on the former site of the Temple, though that's debated).
In order to keep the peace, the status quo is that there is no Jewish building allowed on the Temple Mount, and Jews are allowed to come up to visit but not to pray.
Just to be totally clear: despite the rest of this learnboard, there's no mainstream effort to rebuild the Temple at this point in time.
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