Netanyahu: We're Maintaining Status Quo
- 9 years ago
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the wake of the ongoing terror wave in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu told the UN chief that Israel is acting against the violence on the Temple Mount, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.
He added that Israel is strictly maintaining the status quo, Palestinian incitement to the contrary notwithstanding.
Violence has been going on at the Temple Mount complex since before Rosh Hashanah, when masked Muslim rioters hurled rocks and fireworks at police on the Temple Mount, as well as firebombs near two entrances to the site.
However, Israel's response to the riots has resulted in it being internationally criticized instead of those Arab rioters who are behind the clashes.
French President Francois Hollande warned on Wednesday that any change in the current rules governing the Temple Mount - Judaism's holiest site - could lead to "serious destabilisation."
Netanyahu told the UN chief that Israel is acting against the violence on the Temple Mount, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office.
He added that Israel is strictly maintaining the status quo, Palestinian incitement to the contrary notwithstanding.
Violence has been going on at the Temple Mount complex since before Rosh Hashanah, when masked Muslim rioters hurled rocks and fireworks at police on the Temple Mount, as well as firebombs near two entrances to the site.
However, Israel's response to the riots has resulted in it being internationally criticized instead of those Arab rioters who are behind the clashes.
French President Francois Hollande warned on Wednesday that any change in the current rules governing the Temple Mount - Judaism's holiest site - could lead to "serious destabilisation."