wave of terror in Israel 2,000 rally in Rome in solidarity with Israel ROME (JTA)—An estimated 2,000 people demonstrated in solidarity with Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in Rome. The Sunday, Oct. 18 rally, organized by the local Jewish community with the support of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities and other groups, included representatives from both wings of the political spectrum. “In the media there is a constant misinformation about what is happening in Israel,” Israel’s ambassador to Italy, Naor Gilon, said at the event. “But we will win because our country is strong and determined.”
Fabrizio Cicchitto, president of the Foreign and Community Affairs Commission of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, also participated in the rally. Also in Rome, Pope Francis called on Israelis and Palestinians to “say no to hate.” “In this moment there is a need for much courage and much fortitude to say no to hate and vendetta and make gestures of peace,” the pope said after Mass in St. Peter’s Square, which is attended by tens of thousands of people.
Jerusalem grand mufti: Temple Mount never had a Jewish temple JERUSALEM (JTA)—The grand mufti of Jerusalem said in an interview with an Israeli television station that there has never been a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. There has been a mosque on the site “since the creation of the world,” Sheik Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, who is in charge of the Al-Aqsa mosque on what Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary, said last month in an interview in Arabic with Israel’s Channel 2. The mosque was built in the eighth century. Hussein, who has served as mufti since 2006, has called for suicide bombings
against Israelis, the Times of Israel reported. Muslim sources have corroborated historical sources in recording that two Jewish temples have stood atop the site. The current wave of Palestinian violence against Israelis has stemmed from assertions by Arab leaders that Israel is changing the status quo on the Temple Mount banning non-Muslim prayer. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has affirmed repeatedly that his country is committed to the status quo. Netanyahu announced that Israel has agreed to a Jordanian proposal to post 24-hour surveillance cameras at the site.
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