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Police reported on Wednesday, 25 Tammuz, that it was forced to close Har Habayis to Jews after a number of Jewish visitors caused a disturbance. However, Jews who were present on the holy site insist the police report is inaccurate, that there was no disturbance caused by Jews, and no justification in ordering them to leave and then closing the site to Jewish visitors for the remainder of the day.

In the accompanying videos, Yisrael Harel is seen and heard explaining the events that occurred when the Kosel and Har Habayis were liberated from Jordanian occupation by the IDF in June 1967.

Gedolei Yisrael over the generations and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel prohibit visiting Har Habayis, which they explain carries the punishment of karess.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Videos: ישראל אליצור)