What was Jerusalem like under Jordanian rule?
— Rabbi Daniel Rowe (@rabbidanielrowe) May 14, 2026
Today is Yom Yerushalayim- marking 59 years since the liberation of Jerusalem
People say Jerusalem was "better before 1967." Let me tell you what it was actually like.
Under Jordanian rule, Jews were completely banned. Not less… pic.twitter.com/JoQrkg10Iy
What was Jerusalem like under Jordanian rule?
Today is Yom Yerushalayim- marking 59 years since the liberation of Jerusalem
People say Jerusalem was "better before 1967." Let me tell you what it was actually like.
Under Jordanian rule, Jews were completely banned. Not less access. Zero access. All 58 synagogues in the Jewish Quarter were systematically destroyed. Every single one. Mount of Olives gravestones were ripped up and used for roads and latrines. This wasn't apartheid, it was worse. At least under apartheid people could physically live in the country.
Christians weren't spared either. Church land ownership was restricted. Christian schools were controlled by the Jordanian government.
And this happened despite a signed armistice agreement guaranteeing freedom of access. Jordan simply ignored it.
Then came June 7th, 1967. Israeli paratroopers entered the Old City. Three words came over the radio that stopped a nation:
"The Temple Mount is in our hands."
Since that day, Muslims, Christians and Jews all worship freely here. All their populations have grown. The Waqf still administers the Temple Mount. Every church has remained open.
Today I'm standing where the last Jews were expelled in 1948. Elderly people sitting in the squares. Children playing in the streets. Exactly as Zechariah prophesied.
The city is alive. And it's open to everyone.
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