Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Security'Implementing Our Sovereignty' Israel Police are recruiting Temple Mount activists to police the Middle East's most sensitive religious site as its delicate status quo erodes under pressure from Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Rabbis are encouraging their students to be a 'Jewish presence' among police officersShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJosh Breinerand Nir Hasson07:08 PM • June 03 2026 IDTThe Israel Police are working to recruit religious Jews to serve on the Temple Mount / Al-Aqsa compound and are even cooperating with far-right activists who encourage Jewish visits to the site to recruit officers from among them.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel policeTemple Mount/Al-AqsaJerusalemItamar Ben-GvirCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTrumpGulfLebanonAdam HamawyFake Haaretz'Cabaret'HaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael Police Seek Far-right, Religious Jewish Cops for Jerusalem's Al-AqsaLebanese Army Says Soldier Killed in Israeli Strike, Two Others WoundedOnly Leftists Would Care What the Gaza War Has Done to Air, Water and LandNetanyahu Personal Attorney Elected as State Watchdog After Chaotic Knesset VoteBennett Vows to Repeal Netanyahu Gov't 'Chaos and Plunder' Laws in Next KnessetRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?Far-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkUN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesNot Lapid or Bennett: Could This Former IDF Chief Be Israel's Next Leader?Israel's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway13 Signs That Israel Missed: How Disaster Unfolded the Night Before October 7