In a meeting with the United Arab Emirates' envoy to Israel, Sunday, Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Shalom Cohen said Jews should not visit or concern themselves with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, the Kan public broadcaster reported.
Follow Israel Hayom on Facebook and Twitter
Speaking to Mohammed Mahmoud Al Khajah, Shalom said that "the Arabs are in charge there" and "the Temple Mount issue isn't for us," according to the Kan report.
The site of the biblical temples, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City is the holiest site in Judaism and where Jews turn in prayer.
