well…nobody will turn u back. thats not true. the question is just where u wana go to enter the temple mount and when u want to enter it. the only entrance to the temple mount is from the kotel and as far as i know its just open from 9 till 11 am. But check this information again. The mosques are closed since the start of the intifada 2000, but u can see them from outside, and thats worse 2 to visit the temple mount!

we once almost walked up there accidentally and were also turned away. I guess you have to go at the right times. I think we were also turned away because we are Jewish! the entrance we were at was at the end of the ramparts walk. the kotel = the western wall (the wailing wall) and I don’t know of an entrance to the temple mount from there.

The security situation in Jerusalem fluctuates, and a certain amount of luck is involved in going anywhere at any given time.

The Kotel is the Western Wall and the plaza in front of it, from which the ramp goes up to the top of the Temple Mount.

Best way to get there, if you don’t know the Old City well, is to take a bus or taxi to the Dung Gate [Sha’ar Ash-poat] and walk in from there.

They have the right to refuse anyone at any time for any reason. It is rather tricky to get up to the Temple Mount on the first try. Currently, Unlike the first responder they do let people up on a limited basis. Anyone is allowed access, but they continue to have the right to stop you. It is basically for your safety. There are a few entrances and they are all from the Muslim quarter right now. The entrance from the Jewish Quarter is closed due to the excavaton and construction at the Murgrabi Gate. If you look at a map of the old city you will see many roads that lead to the temple monunt. You can try any one of them. As far as getting in the Mosque (Al Aqsa…. not the dome of the rock) they usually require you to recite the begining of the Quran. Unless you know this they probably wont let you enter. Hope this helps

I went in 1995, and I walked right up to the area behind the Kotel, which was guarded but not tightly enforced. But as someone said, the security situation fluctuates daily, so I wouldn’t be surprised if sometimes they turn people away.

Once back there, however, I felt weird and out of place, as a Jew. It may have been the Temple Mount at one time, but now it feels foreign, alien, and unfamiliar. I didn’t stay long, I prefered it on the other side of the Wall.

Let’s say, admission to the Temple Mount is quite random. Sometimes, you can get in without difficulty. At other times, the guards will deny you access for any reason, or no reason at all.

It should be noted, though, that once you’re up there, you may access both Al Aqsa Mosque and Dome of The Rock with no difficulty, same as you would enter a mosque in Cairo, Istambul or Bombay. It’s nothing like the Hindu temples with attendance restricted by faith.

You should also be aware, that there are many entrances leading into the Mount from the Moslem part of the Old City. Often, when guards didn’t let you in at Moghrabi (aka Kotel entrance), you might get luckier at the Chain Gate.

Well, if you’ll try to go through the Moghrabi bridge, I’m pretty sure they won’t let you enter.
they’re doing some highly-controversial construction works there.