Sounding the shofar throughout the Hebrew month of Elul is "no longer a passing religious ritual, but has become one of the most dangerous tools of the occupation to impose its alleged sovereignty," said Ramallah
(Aug. 27, 2025 / JNS) The Palestinian Authority on Monday condemned attempts by Jewish activist groups to sound the shofar on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, calling the ram’s horn a “dangerous tool” used by Israel to assert sovereignty.
The P.A.’s Jerusalem Governorate warned in a statement that the Jewish tradition of sounding the shofar throughout the Hebrew month of Elul is “no longer a passing religious ritual, but has become one of the most dangerous tools of the occupation to impose its alleged sovereignty.”
The statement denounced attempts to sound the shofar on the Temple Mount as a “direct assault” on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and said it held Israel’s government “fully responsible for repercussions.”