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April 29, 2014       Share:    

Source: http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/InternatlOrgs/Issues/Pages/Letter-to-UN-Sec-Gen-regarding-accusation-of-Israel%E2%80%99s-obstruction-of-freedom-of-worship-24-April-2014.aspx

Freedom of Worship at Holy Sites in Jerusalem

(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Ron Prosor - Israeli UN Ambassador Ron Prosor wrote to the UN Secretary-General on April 24 regarding "the recent campaign accusing Israel of impeding freedom of worship and denying access to religious sites....Israel respects and protects religious freedoms and grants full religious rights to people of all faiths, not a common practice in our region. After reuniting Jerusalem in 1967, Israel abolished discriminatory laws that denied Jews any access to holy places." Regarding the riots on the Temple Mount, "the unrest was a deliberate provocation on the part of Hamas and the Islamic Movement. In a premeditated effort, extremists stockpiled rocks and explosives in the Al-Aqsa Mosque and proclaimed their intention of clashing with police and preventing visits to the Temple Mount."

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