'Israel to Take All Means to Protect Temple Mount'

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu defended Israel's right to defend itself on Sunday, after the Arab world condemned the Jewish state for protecting itself during an Arab mob attack on the Temple Mount.
 

"Israel will act by any means to maintain the status quo and the law and order on the Temple Mount," the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement. "This is the duty and right to take action against lawbreakers to allow freedom of worship in this holy place." "Therefore, we will act firmly against rock-throwers, Molotov cocktails and throwing pipe bombs or those using other weapons," he added. (Read More)