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Ashkenazi chief rabbi calls for unity at Tel Aviv’s Hostages’ Square: ‘We all want to see them home’
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau speaks during Tel Aviv rally organized by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, Tel Aviv, April 18, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau calls for unity between Israelis of all political and religious stripes, at a rally in Tel Aviv’s Hostages’ Square.
“There is no right, no left, there is no religious, traditional or secular. We all want to see them home,” he says. “We are all united in worry, love and care.”
Under the banner of “unity” and “solidarity across divides,” the mass rally draws notably more religious Israelis than past Hostages and Missing Families Forum demonstrations, and includes a number of speakers from the national religious camp.
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