Bennett: "The raising of the Israeli flag is self-evident"; Netanyahu: "There are those in the government who oppose his ouster" | Israel today

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said today (Sunday) ahead of Jerusalem Day and the events on the Temple Mount: "55 years ago, IDF fighters liberated the Old City and united Jerusalem.

It is an event that in one moment also united the entire nation.

Today there will be a variety of events to mark Jerusalem Day, including the traditional flag parade that will be held on the regular route.

Waving the Israeli flag in the capital of Israel is a matter of course, so we were clear on the subject from the first moment.

"I ask the participants to celebrate in a responsible and dignified manner, and hence - on behalf of the Israeli government ministers - I send a big thank you to the women and men of the Israel Police for securing all the events."

Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke: "Exactly a year ago, we launched Operation Wall Guard.

We did this because in contrast to the widespread lies, we refused to cancel the flag parade that takes place every year to mark the unification of the city.

After failing to respond to Hamas threats, the terrorist organization launched a barrage of rockets into the entrances to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

For eleven days, we inflicted blows on Hamas that he did not know existed.

I hope Hamas learned the lesson, but if not - they should be beaten again.

Benjamin Netanyahu,

"We always remembered that Jerusalem is our home. But today there are those who feel they are the owners of the house in Jerusalem. They wave the PLO and Hamas flags in the city streets, they burn the Israeli flag on the Temple Mount, they threaten terrorism to those who wave our flag in our capital."

He added: "But there is an even more serious thing. Within the current government, there are those who think that Israeli flags should not be hoisted here, in the heart of Jerusalem. Sarah in the government says that the parade of Israeli flags in Jerusalem is a defiance.

Explosion of the media building in "Shomer Homat", Photo: EP

"Do you understand? Waving PLO flags in Jerusalem, Lod, Tel Aviv, Be'er Sheva is not a defiance.

Burning the Israeli flag on the Temple Mount is not a defiance.

But waving blue-and-white flags in the heart of Jerusalem is a defiance.

"Coalition members want to hand over control of the Temple Mount to foreign countries, and an Israeli prime minister is transferring the official residence from Jerusalem to his private home in Raanana."

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