Were there Jewish Temples on Temple Mount? Yes – The preponderance of archaeological and historical evidence is overwhelming and the argument that there is ’no proof‘ of the Temples is a modern political artifact. | Haaretz.com

Was there once a great Jewish temple on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount? Yes. Does any scholar genuinely doubt there was? No, say archaeologists who have spent their lives studying Jerusalem. „I feel stupid even having to comment on it,“ says Dr. Yuval Baruch, a leading Israeli archaeologist who has studied Jerusalem throughout his career. „Demanding proof that the Temples stood on the Mount is like demanding proof that…