Some 1,600 Jews go to holy site in Jerusalem's Old City during fast; earlier, clashes erupted between Israeli police and Palestinians

Islamist party, which is part of coalition, condemns ascent of Jewish ‘settlers’ to Jerusalem holy site during Tisha B’Av fast, warns it could lead to 'catastrophic religious war'

'Legend of Destruction' is filmmaker Gidi Dar's latest masterpiece, an eight-year project, now in theaters for Tisha B'Av

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Temperatures rise across country, peaking Sunday and Monday, along with high humidity; extreme heat will start subsiding on Tuesday

Palestinian worshipers clash with police, but no reports of injuries or arrests; Hamas mocks Jewish visitors to site on fast day as 'straying herds of settlers'

Youths curse worshippers, set up gender partition at site; World Jewish Congress leader slams incident, calls on government to take action to protect other streams of Judaism

What better way to commemorate the razing of the First and Second Temples than by 'rescuing' artifacts from Judaism's most holy site that were dumped as garbage by the Muslim Waqf?

Ambulance service urges those fasting to drink large quantities of water prior to doing so; temperatures not forecast to fall until middle of next week

Missing section of 8th-7th century BCE fortification puts in question narrative of 2 Kings in which conquering Babylonians 'tore down Jerusalem's walls on every side'