Edelstein on heritage site decision: I heard intifada almost broke out
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In response to declarations heard after the government's decision to include the Cave of the Patriarchs on the national heritage list, Information Minister Yuli-Yoel Edelstein (Likud) said, "I heard that another intifada had almost broken out."
"It seems that we are forbidden to own the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb. It's not just Hamas – those who are supposed to be striving for peace also say that if we declare these sites are ours, there'll be an intifada. It seems that their vision of peace is that we'll get permission to ride a donkey and visit the tombs only if the landowner feels like giving it," Edelstein said in a speech before a conference of the heads of Latin American Jewish communities in Jerusalem. (Ronen Medzini)
