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Two US Congressmen attacked by 'Palestinians' on Mount of Olives

Two US Congressmen - Elliot Engel (D-NY) and Jerold Nadler (D-NY) - were attacked by 'Palestinian' stone throwers as they visited the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives on Friday afternoon.

A rock throwing Arab mob attacked on Friday, in front of a mosque in the Ras Al-Amud neighborhood, a group that included Congressmen Elliot Engel and Jerald Nadler. The two legislators from New York State were on tour of the Mount of Olives Cemetery, along with Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Malcolm Hoenlein, and Rabbis Abraham and Menachem Lubinsky, founders of the International Committee for the Preservation of Har HaZeitim. Their tour, which included some 40 Jewish American leaders, was guided by JewishPress.com Managing Editor Yishai Fleisher.

Earlier, following Friday prayers, hundreds of worshippers hurled rocks at the Mughrabi Bridge at the entrance to the Temple Mount, and dozens gathered inside the Al-Aqsa mosque. Israeli police forces entered the plaza and attempted to stop the violent protest. Several policemen were injured.

Jerusalem District chief Nisso Shaham blamed the ongoing Friday’s riots on a poster announcing a Temple Mount visit by Likud member Moshe Feiglin, which was originally scheduled for ten days ago. The poster itself was a fake

Muslim leaders have been actively inciting their followers over the past month to “protect Al-Asqa”.

In response to the attack, Malcolm Hoenlein said he will be launching a campaign to “retake the Mount of Olives cemetery for the Jewish people.”

But I'm sure that if we give them a 'state,' they'll stop doing things like that.

/sarc.

Labels: Mount of Olives, Palestinian terrorism, stone throwers

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:21 PM