The Mayor of Jerusalem, Moshe Leon, addressed Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Jabotinsky World and Israel Today Conference ahead of the High Court hearing on the construction of the cable car to the Old City, and specified that the only way to reduce congestion is to build the cable car. The air will allow mass transport to the Western Wall.
Leon explained that "the Old City and the Western Wall are the main tourist attractions in Israel and are sacred to three religions, but unfortunately the accessibility to this area is very limited, in light of heavy traffic 24 hours a day, near the Garbage Gate, Zion Gate and the roads leading to them."
Boaz Bismuth at the Jabotinsky Conference: "See before His Eyes the Human Value of Justice", Photo: Yoni Rickner
The mayor mentioned the Meron disaster that claimed the lives of forty-five people and said: "Unfortunately since the plan was approved until today, the project has not been possible in light of the process taking place in the High Court.
This means that with the return of tens of thousands of tourists and visitors to the Old City, the overcrowding and hustle and bustle of this place will return.
"Unfortunately, we have witnessed difficult scenes of hustle and bustle on Mount Meron, I ask and announce here that we must do everything possible not to have such sights in the Old City and the Western Wall."
"Security forces do not do enough"
The head of the Abu Ghosh local council, Salim Jaber, also spoke at the conference, trying to explain why Arab public leaders refrain from condemning the acts and saying that they "fear the criminals. They control and have bakeries."
The mayor of Karmiel, Moshe Koninsky, said: "There is a problem of governance and fear. We walk around the streets and shoot in every direction and the state and the security forces are not doing enough."
In a one-on-one panel moderated by Israel Today political commentator Matti Tochfeld, Danny Danon, Israel's former ambassador to the United Nations, said:
There were several reasons for this: the corona, the operation against Hamas in May, all the BDS supporters who did not rest.
The role of the State of Israel is to assist Jews wherever they are.
In the past our friends abroad looked here and gave us real concern.
In May, I cared for Jewish communities.
When I saw what was happening in New York and Los Angeles, when I saw people beating Jews wearing kippahs.
The Foreign Ministry needs an information and the ambassadors do not have the budget to travel from one city to another, so the State of Israel needs to invest more resources in the issue of information. "
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