{"id":82406,"date":"2025-06-06T20:00:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=82406"},"modified":"2025-06-02T20:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:40:19","slug":"blood-wine-and-a-ritual-on-temple-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/blood-wine-and-a-ritual-on-temple-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood, Wine and a Ritual on Temple Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, hundreds of Jews ascended the Temple Mount as part of the traditional pilgrimage. According to the Islamic Waqf authority, a total of 985 Jewish worshippers visited the compound in two main waves, with an additional group of over 300 tourists, most of them likely Jews from abroad<\/p>\n<h3 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">White Garments and a Blue Basket<\/h3>\n<p>A dramatic incident occurred during one of the morning visits, when four young Jewish men dressed in white suddenly broke away from their designated group path and began sprinting toward the Dome of the Rock. Their appearance was striking: white garments resembling priestly attire, and a blue basket in hand<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from the Waqf and eyewitnesses, the basket was found to contain symbolic ritual items \u2013 a bottle of wine, unleavened bread, and a cloth soaked in blood, likely from a young goat slaughtered earlier. The group was stopped by Waqf guards, Muslim worshippers, and Israeli police moments before reaching the mosque<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u062a\u062f\u0646\u064a\u0633 \u063a\u064a\u0631 \u0645\u0633\u0628\u0648\u0642..<\/p>\n<p>\u0645\u0633\u062a\u0648\u0637\u0646\u0648\u0646 \u064a\u062d\u0627\u0648\u0644\u0648\u0646 \u0625\u062f\u062e\u0627\u0644 &#8220;\u0642\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646 \u0645\u0630\u0628\u0648\u062d&#8221; \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0642\u0628\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0635\u062e\u0631\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u062c\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0642\u0635\u0649. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bneV38DmEZ\">pic.twitter.com\/bneV38DmEZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0634\u0628\u0643\u0629 \u0642\u062f\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0625\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629 (@qudsn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qudsn\/status\/1929537223000457331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Outrage Across the Region<\/h3>\n<p>Palestinian media and social networks erupted with outrage, calling it the most serious breach of the status quo since 1967. Headlines described the act as an attempt to simulate a sacrificial offering at the heart of the Al-Aqsa compound, referring to it as a dangerous escalation<\/p>\n<h3 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Another Gate, Another Symbol<\/h3>\n<p>Another incident reported by Palestinian sources took place earlier, on the eve of Shavuot, when a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews reportedly gathered in front of the closed Cotton Merchants Gate for nighttime prayer. Though the gate was locked and only accessible to Muslims, the symbolic act was portrayed online as an attempt to get as close as possible to the holy site<\/p>\n<p>As tensions surrounding the Temple Mount continue to rise, this incident is being viewed by many as part of an evolving campaign to challenge long-standing religious arrangements. The event has drawn widespread reactions and is being widely circulated in Arabic-language media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Jewish men in white ran toward the Dome of the Rock during Shavuot with symbolic items before being stopped by police<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":82407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Blood, Wine and a Ritual on Temple Mount","_seopress_titles_desc":"Four Jewish men in white ran toward the Dome of the Rock during Shavuot with symbolic items before being stopped by police","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[9201,8747,9202],"class_list":{"0":"post-82406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-184","8":"tag-al-aqsa-en","9":"tag-jerusalem-en","10":"tag-temple-mount-en"},"acf":{"subtitle":"Four Jewish men in white ran toward the Dome of the Rock during Shavuot with symbolic items before being stopped by police"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}