By Chana Ya'ar
First Publish: 9/22/2011, 12:04 PM
The U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem is prohibiting its official mission personnel from visiting the Old City of Jerusalem this Friday due to worries about Arab violence.
“This prohibition is due to the potential for demonstrations and large gatherings inside the Old City that day,” said the warning disseminated to all Americans on the Tel Aviv Warden's list.
Friday is the day of the Islamic Sabbath, when many Muslims streaminto the mosques of Israel's holiest city to hear their clerics deliver sermons.
This week, those sermons are likely to be harangues of hatred against Israel and U.S. President Barack Obama in response to the American president's speech of support for Israel Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly.
Obama warned the Palestinian Authority in his speech Wednesday that there are no shortcuts to peace; one way or another, the PA will have to engage in direct talks with Israel to reach a final status agreement, if it wants to attain statehood. In response, theMa'an news agency reported that Arab youth in the entire Muslim world intend to show their anger at mass protests this Friday. Read the rest on: Arutz7
“This prohibition is due to the potential for demonstrations and large gatherings inside the Old City that day,” said the warning disseminated to all Americans on the Tel Aviv Warden's list.
Friday is the day of the Islamic Sabbath, when many Muslims streaminto the mosques of Israel's holiest city to hear their clerics deliver sermons.
This week, those sermons are likely to be harangues of hatred against Israel and U.S. President Barack Obama in response to the American president's speech of support for Israel Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly.
Obama warned the Palestinian Authority in his speech Wednesday that there are no shortcuts to peace; one way or another, the PA will have to engage in direct talks with Israel to reach a final status agreement, if it wants to attain statehood. In response, theMa'an news agency reported that Arab youth in the entire Muslim world intend to show their anger at mass protests this Friday. Read the rest on: Arutz7
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