Prominent rabbonim shlita who reside in Jerusalem’s Old City are calling on authorities to take the Jewish population into consideration this Ramadan. They remind authorities that the Jews in the Old City “suffer” during Ramadan as Muslim worshippers overrun the area and often shout “kill the Jews” and similar epithets.

Seeking to avoid a repeat of previous years, the rabbonim led by HaGaon HaRav Shalom Cohen Shlita and HaGaon HaRav Avigdor Nebenzahl Shlita, both residents of the Old City, sent a letter to Jerusalem Police Chief Yoram Levy, asking him to prohibit the Muslims from walking through the Jewish Quarter. Rav Cohen heads the Shas Moetzas Gedolei Yisrael and Rav Nebenzahl is mora d’asra of the Old City.

They call on preventing a reoccurrence, to man the Old City station around the clock, and to increase the border police presence from Kikar Tzahal to Shar Yaffo.

They conclude saying ‘In light of the serious escalation in the security situation, the writing is already on the wall, and we are warning before you and requesting to personally act to prevent additional tragedy chas v’sholom”.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)