Paratroopers in the Old City (Photo: Gil Yohanan)Ninety Paratroopers Brigade recruits marched with the IDF unit's banners through the Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City Thursday evening.
The group of soldiers, which was lead by Rabbi Matti Dan, head of the Ateret Cohanim movement, waved Paratroopers Brigade banners on the roof of a building in the quarter and chanted "Am Yisrael chai (Nation of Israel lives)" and "We can trust no one but our father in heaven."
The soldiers stopped in the Muslim Quarter before heading to the Western Wall, where their swear-in ceremony was scheduled to take place later in the evening. Rabbi Dan told the soldiers, "You have reinvigorated us. There is no way that soldiers will go to the Kotel without us embracing them in the Old City."
The Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva, which was founded in the Old City in 1983, operates in a number of Jewish-owned buildings situated at the heart of the Muslim Quarter. Some 200 students currently attend the institution. Most of them enlist in the army after completing their studies.
Source: YnetNews
Our Comment: The so called `Muslim [Arab] Quarter´ in the Old City of [East] Jerusalem, does not belong to the Muslims or Islam, allthough many Arabs live their in freedom and have their own shops. But is rightfully governed by the Israeli/Jewish authority, and also many Jewish people and Christians live there. I [Henoch] know, because I´ve been there in 2010. So what´s the fuzz?
