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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Herzog to Christian gathering: ‘We will protect all religious communities’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
President Isaac Herzog addresses a gathering of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem in the capital on October 3, 2023. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
After video emerges of the latest spitting attack against Christians in the Old City, President Isaac Herzog tells the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem’s Feast of Tabernacles that “the State of Israel will always preserve freedom of religion and worship.”
“We will insist on protecting all of the religious communities that make up the beautiful human mosaic of our country,” says Herzog, speaking by video, “and safeguard every site, religious leader, and human being from any vile expressions of hatred or intolerance.”
“This commitment goes to the very heart of who we are as a Jewish and democratic state,” he continues. “And it is not something we will ever compromise on.”
