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Posted By richards on November 8, 2014

'Stop This Incitement,' Yitzhak Yosef Warns Jews By JTA

Published November 07, 2014.

An Israeli chief rabbi urged Jews to stay away from the Temple Mount to prevent bloodshed.

Yitzhak Yosef, Israels chief Sehardic rabbi, made the call during the funeral Friday of Shalom Baadani, 17 who died that morning in hospital from wounds he sustained on Wednesday when a Palestinian terrorist hit him and 12 others with his car.

Baadani was the second fatality from that attack, which also claimed the life of an Israel Border Guard soldier. The terrorist, Ibrahim abu-Achari, was shot dead by other Border Guard officers.

This is the place to call on the esteemed public to stop this incitement, from here a call is heard, forbidding any Jews from going up to the Temple Mount From here a call is heard to stop this so that the blood of the People of Israel may stop being spilled, said Yosef.

Israeli authorities limit Jewish worship on the mount, the holiest site in Judaism. Also called Haram al-Sharif, the site is considered the third holiest in Islam. In recent weeks, Jerusalem has seen an increase in violence by Palestinians, prompting police to double its presence in the Old City of Jerusalem to 3,000 officers.

Baadani was the grandson of Shimon Baadani, a senior member of the Shas movement of Sephardic Orthodox Jews.

The Palestinian driver who killed him plowed into a light rail stop in Jerusalem, killing an Israel Border Police officer on the spot.

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Sephardic Chief Rabbi Forbids Israelis From Going to Temple Mount

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