Half the Public Wants to See Holy Temple Rebuilt

Half the Israeli public wants the Holy Temple (Beit HaMikdash) to be rebuilt. This is the main finding of a poll commissioned by the Knesset Television Channel and carried out by the Panels Institute.

The poll was taken in advance of this Tuesday's national day of mourning, known as Tisha B'Av, on which the two Holy Temples in Jerusalem were destroyed, 2,000 and 2,500 years ago, respectively