Presented at press conference to the foreign press by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with Foreign Ministry Director General Dr. Dore Gold and National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen. Watch the video featuring this presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EklQ1SzmfNA Press Release: http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Events/Pages/eventPress151015.aspx

1. PRESS CONFERENCE
October 15, 2015

2. The Facts

4. No Change in the Status Quo
• The Temple Mount is open to Muslim prayer
only.
• Muslims pray there regularly.

5. No Change in the Status Quo
• Christians, Jews and others may not pray on
the Temple Mount.
• They may visit at specific times
– Sunday-Thursday, 7:00-11:00 am
– Not on Muslim holidays
• They do not enter the mosque.

6. No Change in the Status Quo
Israel scrupulously safeguards the holy sites of
all faiths in the Old City of Jerusalem.

7. Palestinian
Incitement

8. Incitement to Violence
by Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas
“They (Israelis) have no right to
desecrate the Al-Aqsa Mosque
with their filthy feet. ”
“We welcome every drop of
blood spilled in Jerusalem….”
(Official Palestinian Authority TV Channel, September 16,
2015)

9. President Abbas’ Fatah organization:
Online incitement to violence against Israelis

10. President Abbas’ Fatah Organization
Glorifies Stabbings:
“With our souls we redeem al-Aqsa.”

11. Online Incitement to Violence against Israelis
Picked up by Palestinian Social Media
Calls to stab and murder Israelis

12. Online Incitement to Violence against Israelis
Picked up by Palestinian Social Media

13. Incitement to Violence
by Hamas Spokesman
Mushir Al-Masri
“The Jerusalem Intifada has
been launched… We must
all join the Jerusalem
Intifada – all the Palestinian
factions. ”
“The knife is our choice.”

14. Video: How to Murder Israelis

15. This Incitement Leads
Directly to Murder

16. This Incitement Leads
Directly to Murder
October 3th
– Muhannad Halabi murders Nehemia Lavi and
Aharon Benita.
– Before the attack, Halabi wrote on his Facebook
page:
“There is only one al-Quds…. It must be
protected.”

17. This Incitement Leads
Directly to Murder
October 7th
– Thamer Wareidat stabs an Israeli civilian in
Petah Tikva.
– Two days earlier, he replaced his Facebook page
picture with one of al-Aqsa.

18. This Incitement Leads
Directly to Murder
October 9th
– Muhammad Ja’abri stabs a police officer in
Kiryat Arba.
– 14 hours earlier, Ja’abri updated his Facebook
page to include pictures of al-Aqsa and a call to
“fight for its liberation.”

19. This Incitement Leads
Directly to Murder
October 13th
– Bilal Abu Ghannam and Baha’a Alyan murder two
Israelis on a bus in Jerusalem.
– Two days before the attack, Abu Ghannam spoke
to Alyan and suggested carrying out an attack in
the name of al-Aqsa.
Other examples abound.

20. Terror Attacks

21. Terrorist Attacks Against Israelis

22. Palestinian terror in the past month
23 Stabbing and other attacks
8 Israelis murdered
70 Israelis wounded

23. The Big Lies

24. Lie Number 1
Israel is changing the status
quo on the Temple Mount

25. Lie Number 2
Israel is executing innocent
Palestinians

26. President Abbas on the terrorist
stabbing from Jerusalem – Oct 12
“The Israelis execute our
children in cold blood, as
they did to this boy
Ahmad Manasra”

27. Lies by PLO Secretary General Sa’eb Erekat
On Palestinian terrorists who perpetrated
murderous attacks against Israelis
“Israel is killing civilians
and children in field
executions.”

28. He is not innocent His victim is innocent
The Truth About Ahmad Manasra

29. He wasn’t executed. He was apprehended
and is now in Hadassah Hospital