Herzog, Sa’ar condemn ‘repugnant’ arson attack on Jerusalem synagogue

By Nava Freiberg

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8 June 2025, 1:05 pm 1 Edit

Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

President Isaac Herzog and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar strongly condemn the arson attack on former chief rabbi Yitzhak Yosef’s Or Habib synagogue in Jerusalem last night.

Herzog writes, “The torching of holy books, the spraying of crosses, and the attempted burning of Torah scrolls… are deeply repugnant,” and calls for “swift and resolute action to investigate this grave hate crime and bring the perpetrators to justice.”

Sa’ar writes on X: “This is a grave and shocking hate crime. I am confident the perpetrators will be caught and call for the full severity of the law to be applied against them.”