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Sunday, July 26, 2015
President condemns Old City violence
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAfter rioters clash with Israeli forces on the Temple Mount, President Reuven Rivlin condemns the reported plans to attack Jewish worshipers at the Western Wall below.
Rivlin calls the stockpiling of homemade explosives, firecrackers and wooden boards inside the al-Aqsa Mosque, with the intention of attacking thousands of Jewish worshipers gathered nearby for prayers on Tisha B’Av, “violence and terrorism.”
“I express my support for the security forces, and for their determination to prevent any harm or interference to the prayers at the Western Wall, the remnant of our Temple. Such acts of hatred cannot be tolerated and we will not allow any disturbances to prevent Jews from praying at this holy site,” he says, according to a statement released by his spokesman.
The Times of Israel Community.