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Interfaith Temple Mount service defies restrictions, prays for Trump

“Here, at the seat of His heavenly throne, Jews and Christians gather together to pray for the success of Donald Trump in his second term,” stated the rabbi who led the service.

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An anemone field with the Temple Mount and Jerusalem’s Old City in the background as it seen from Emek Tzurim National Park on Feb. 17, 2024. Credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

A prayer service at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount brought together Jewish and Christian worshippers on Monday to pray for newly-inaugurated U.S. President Donald Trump.

Rabbi Tuly Weisz, of Israel365, stated that the service—which he called “historic,” “unprecedented” and a “powerful display of religious unity and determination"—took place “despite the Jordanian Waqf’s continuing restrictions on Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount.”

“Courageous religious leaders and their followers demonstrated that the right to prayer cannot be denied,” Weisz said, noting that the prayer “marked a significant step forward in the fight for religious freedom in Jerusalem.”

“On this day that represents new beginnings, we turned to our Father in Heaven, the God of Israel in unity and prayer,” the rabbi said. “Here, at the seat of His heavenly throne, Jews and Christians gather together to pray for the success of Donald Trump in his second term.”

According to Weisz, the service brought together Israeli singer Yair Levi, Belz Chassidim, Temple Mount prayer advocate Rabbi Yehuda Glick and Peter Fast, international CEO of Bridges for Peace, and John Enarson, founder of Cry for Zion.

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