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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Haredi lawmaker condemns those who heckled Gantz at Western Wall candle lighting
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Defense Minister Benny Gantz, second from right, arrives for a Hanukkah candle lighting at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, December 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
United Torah Judaism chief MK Yitzchak Goldknopf criticizes those who heckled outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz earlier this evening as he arrived at a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony at the Western Wall.
As Gantz arrived at the site, a small group of mostly Haredi youth surrounded him, and one could be heard shouting “shame on you!” — the second-such incident in recent months.
“I condemn the vicious attack against Minister Benny Gantz at the Western Wall this evening,” says Goldknopf in a statement. “The Western Wall belongs to every Jew… it is forbidden to publicly humiliate any person, and certainly someone who devotes his life to the State of Israel.”
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