The new sign was reinstated at the direction of the Rabbi of the Western Wall, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, in response to requests from other rabbis. Following the liberation of the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in 1967, the then Chief Rabbis, Rabbi Isser Unterman and Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim, along with Rabbi Avromski, Rabbi Ouerbach, Rabbi Eliashiv, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, and Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook, along with over fifty other rabbis, issued warnings regarding the serious prohibition against ascending to the Temple Mount. They stated: "Therefore, we reiterate the warning that no man or woman should dare enter any part of the Temple Mount, regardless of which gate they enter. Besides the essential caution against this grave prohibition of violating the sanctity of the holy site and the Temple, there is also a commandment regarding the reverence of the sanctuary and its preservation. May God grant us swift protection…"
It was also decided that a sign warning against the serious prohibition of entering the Temple Mount would be placed. Over the years, the sign has been removed or vandalized by various individuals who affixed papers over the word "forbidden." Rabbi Yehuda Getz, the Rabbi of the Western Wall at the time, wrote in his diary about six months before his passing in Adar I 1995: "I ordered new signage warning against the prohibition of entering the Temple Mount, although I know the signage will not last long, as various organizations supporting ascension will either remove or destroy it as is their custom."
A statement from the office of the Rabbi of the Western Wall indicated: "In recent years, the sign has been installed and removed multiple times. However, in light of recent events where various parties seek to increase access to the site and act against the prohibition determined by the majority of Israel's rabbis, who firmly stated that one should not ascend to the Temple Mount, the sign has been reinstalled in a prominent location and in a manner that will be difficult to remove."
