The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he’ll establish a ministerial committee “on the fight against the cost of living” amid persistent inflation.
Speaking at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu touts the budget passed last week as “a first step” in tackling rising prices and says he’ll head the proposed panel, which will include Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Economy Minister Nir Barkat and “additional ministers and professionals.”
He calls for the committee to submit a plan “with a clear and detailed timetable” on how to address the matter “with all means including encouraging investment, lowering customs and breaking monopolies.”
Netanyahu insists that cost of living is the top issue for his coalition.
Hundreds of devout Jews, including Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King, stage a protest at the near the Western Wall in Jerusalem over what they are describing as Christian worship at the holy site.
The protest at the Davidson Center coincides with the final day of a 21-day period of prayers and fasting by Christians “for the increase of God’s salvation promises and plans for Jerusalem and Israel,” as organizers of those activities describe it.
Some participants in Israel of the global initiative are celebrating its conclusion at the Davidson Center, an archaeological site that borders on the Western Wall, where authorities allow forms of Jewish worship – including by men and women together — that are banned at the main Western Wall plaza because they do not conform to Orthodox customs.
Videos of the protest show police shoving the protesters out of the way as other individuals walk past the demonstrators toward the part of the Davidson Center where a segment of the Western Wall can be accesses. The protesters are shouting “missionaries go home.”
כך נראית עליונות יהודית וייהוד ירושלים – עכשיו ליד הכותל – סגן ראש עיריית ירושלים אריה קינג מוביל הפגנה נגד נוצרים שזקוקים לליווי משטרתי כדי להיכנס, כשברקע ההמון קורא להם מיסיונרים לכו הביתה. שבוע שעבר זה היה מצעד הדגלים, עכשיו זו קבוצה של נוצרים ומה יהיה בשבוע הבא? pic.twitter.com/hGYdAepTyL
— עמק שווה (@EmekShavehHeb) May 28, 2023
Christian worship in Jerusalem is a boon for the Israeli economy thanks to hundreds of thousands of pilgrims who visit the country annually, and for the country’s relations with predominantly Christian nations and audiences.
Many Israelis oppose proselytization by some Christian groups — including those that self-identify as Messianic Jews — to Jewish Israelis. King, the far-right deputy mayor, cites both Christian worship at the site, which is holy to Jews, and proselytization by Christians as the reason for the protest.
King in a statement hails those who came to protest the decision by the Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem, which is responsible for the Davidson Center.
“To allow Christian missionaries to hold a Christian worship and ceremony designed to prepare a missionary effort directed at Israeli residents,” he said. “It is a dignified and just protest against a government company that allowed this, and against the missionaries. As far as I’m concerned, let every missionary know they are not welcome in the Land of Israel.”
Do you rely on The Times of Israel for accurate and insightful news on Israel and the Jewish world? If so, please join The Times of Israel Community. For as little as $6/month, you will:
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel eleven years ago - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you,
David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
‘Missionaries go home’: Hundreds protest Christian worship near Western Wall
30
46
28.05.2023
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he’ll establish a ministerial committee “on the fight against the cost of living” amid persistent inflation.
Speaking at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu touts the budget passed last week as “a first step” in tackling rising prices and says he’ll head the proposed panel, which will include Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Economy Minister Nir Barkat and “additional ministers and professionals.”
He calls for the committee to submit a plan “with a clear and detailed timetable” on how to address the matter “with all means including encouraging investment, lowering customs and breaking monopolies.”
Netanyahu insists that cost of living is the top issue for his coalition.
Hundreds of devout Jews, including Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King, stage a protest at the near the Western Wall in Jerusalem over what they are describing as Christian worship at the holy site.
The protest at the Davidson Center coincides with the final day of a 21-day period of prayers and fasting by Christians “for........
© The Times of Israel
visit website
login
who are we?
contact us
qosheapp
Toi Staff
Gideon Levy
Andrew Mitrovica
Belen Fernandez
Tafi Mhaka
Marwan Bishara
Timotej Milanov
Ahmadi Ali
