Da Ynetnews di oggi. Parla di una visita del ministro della difesa israeliano Ehud Barak nel quartiere musulmano della Città Vecchia di Gerusalemme.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak took part Sunday evening in a ceremony welcoming a new scroll of the Torah at the Ohel Yitzhak Synagogue located on the margins of the Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City, not far from the Western Wall.
The synagogue was renovated from funds donated by Jewish-American millionaire Erwin Moskowitz, who made headlines recently due to his involvement in a construction project in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where he plans to build 22 housing units for Jewish residents.
The Sheikh Jarrah project sparked a row worldwide, with the United States, Russia, France and many other countries condemning Israel’s plan to build in the area.
Barak arrived at the synagogue ceremony on the backdrop of harsh protest and pressure by the international community against the government’s legitimization for the housing of Jews in the eastern part of the city.