President Reuven Rivlin this morning hosted members of the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe, led by president of the council Cardinal Péter Erdő.
Rivlin referred to the incidents of past few days in Jerusalem, during Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish holiday celebrating the New Year.
“Yesterday, we celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of a New Year; which we hope will be a year of tolerance and understanding. Yet, on the evening of Rosh Hashanah, Alexander Levlovitz, a Jerusalemite, a family man, was murdered when terrorists threw rocks at his car, forcing him off the road.
“This bloody attack shows us once again that terror is terror – whether with rocks, guns or other weapons – and it shows us we must act firmly against all terrorism. What has occurred over the last few days on Temple Mount are in reality the actions of those who seek to provoke and create hatred between people, between believers in God.
“As those responsible for law and order, we must deal with these provocations and do all in our power to prevent those from the Islamic movement creating these provocations,” he said.
President Reuven Rivlin (sitting, center right) at his residence with members of the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe, shakes hands with the president of the council Cardinal Péter Erdő, in Jerusalem, September 16, 2015. (Michael Nyman/GPO)
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