August 11, 2019 4:30 pm

During an interview that Ayelet Shaked did on Galei Tzahal with Reno Tzror, she announced that for the first time she fasted this year on Tisha B’Av because she is the head of a consortium of Religious Zionist political parties in the United Right.

“I have never in my life fasted before on Tisha B’Av,” she told Tzror. “This I year I decided to fast because I am leading a united group of religious parties.”

The interview was given on the topic of the closure of the Har Habayis to Jews on Tisha B’Av, which occurred early on in the morning.

It was later opened to Jews who went up to pray. As a result of the opening Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli Security Forces. During the clash, numerous protestors were reported injured on the Tample Mount itself. Some of the reports in Israeli media also stated that the head of the Waqf, Abbed Al-Azim Salhab was himself injured.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)