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(A7) Five people were injured Sunday morning when a group of Arabs threw stones at an Egged bus making its way towards the Western Wall.

Magen David Adom (MDA) medics and paramedics treated the wounded and evacuated them to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

MDA paramedic Pinchas Meir said: “We joined the wounded at the Dung Gate while they were conscious and suffering from bruises and injuries from the stone-throwing and some also broken glass from the bus windows. We provided them with primary medical care in the field and evacuated them in stable condition for further treatment at the hospital.”

Two Arabs were arrested on suspicion of throwing stones at buses. Police are searching for more suspects in the stone-throwing attacks.

Police forces entered the Temple Mount this morning following an attempt by Arabs to disrupt public order and prevent Jewish visits to the site, which is the holiest in Judaism.

Police noticed that hundreds of young Arabs, some of them masked, began collecting stones in the plaza of the Temple Mount.

Forces were deployed throughout the Temple Mount to keep the peace and allow Jews to visit the site.

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By United with Israel Staff

The White House held a model Passover seder on Thursday, a day before the actual holiday, calling it the “The People’s Seder” and streaming it on the White House YouTube page.

Israeli blogger David Lange of Israellycool.com pointed out in a post on his site that the wine of choice at the seder left Israel-haters “seething.”

The “easy-to-miss detail” appeared in a photo posted by Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff.

The photo indicated that kosher wine from the Psagot vineyard in Samaria was being served at the seder.

In addition to producing award-winning wines, Psagot is known for hosting a tribute event in October 2021, attended by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli leaders from Judea and Samaria, honoring former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “in appreciation of his efforts to strengthen the Jewish communities in the region,” TPS reported at the time.

“In 2019, the winery dedicated a special wine in Pompeo’s name in honor of his declaration of the U.S.’ recognition of the legality of the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria,” added TPS.

Anti-Israel activists frequently claim Jews have no right to live in Judea and Samaria, despite the fact that it served as the breadbasket for the Jewish people and represents the biblical heartland. Around half a million Jewish Israelis currently live there, in thriving communities.

Upon seeing Psagot wine in the photos of the White House seder, anti-Israel mouthpieces took to Twitter to insult Jews who live in Judea and Samara as “colonizers” and “illegal settlers,” ignoring the fact that Jews are in fact indigenous to this region.

At the White House seder itself, the Jewish people’s flight from slavery in Egypt and journey to the Land of Israel, where Psagot wine is now made, was celebrated.

“Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been inspired by the story of Exodus, whose retelling serves as the heart of our Seder experience. And I know I’m not alone,” Emhoff said a the seder. “Generations of my ancestors and many of yours have turned to the redemptive promise of the Passover narrative as a source of hope. To endure prejudice, persecution and pogroms. To survive expulsions and to seek emancipation. To believe in a possibility of a promised land and to know it’s not beyond your reach.”

“Actress and Jeopardy host Mayim Bialik, introduced the four questions, which were recited by children from The Shefa School—a New York-based day school for students with language-based disabilities,” reported JNS.

“We’re at a time in history yet again where the story of exile and exodus is upon us as the world watches a war play out in Ukraine, a country where many of my own ancestors and many of our ancestors fled just a few generations ago,” Bialik said.

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A Likud lawmaker and former chief of the Shin Bet Israel Security Agency slammed Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s decision not to impose a closure on Judea and Samaria during the Passover festival, which coincides this year with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Speaking with Galei Tzahal Sunday afternoon, MK Avi Dichter (Likud) called for a full closure to be imposed on Judea and Samaria, barring passage into pre-1967 Israel to Palestinian Authority residents, as Israel has done during most holidays in the past.

“The decision of the Defense Minister to lift the closure on Judea and Samaria was a mistake.”

“There are enough Arab rioters in east Jerusalem, and when you legitimize more people coming in, the situation gets bad.”

“But we can still correct the mistake of lifting the closure. We can close the entrances into Jerusalem from Judea and Samaria, and isolate them.”

“It is outrageous that Jews are unable to visit the Western Wall in peace for the Birkat HaKohanim [priestly blessing] – we cannot tolerate that.”

Arab rioters clashed with Israeli police on the Temple Mount Friday, and again on Sunday, with a string of attacks on Jews in and around the Old City of Jerusalem.

Rioters pummeled buses travelling near the Old City Sunday, injuring five, while in a separate incident, Jews walking to the Western Wall for morning prayers were assaulted by Arabs

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