Jerusalem
The week-long festival will see tens and thousands of Jews flock to the Western Wall for the Priestly Blessing.
Pilgrims from 90 nations to be represented on Oct. 4.
The Fijian deputy prime minister will lead his nation’s delegation ahead of planned embassy move.
Magen David Adom paramedics evacuated the victim, a male in his 20s, to the Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center.
“A person who sees the ‘Etrog Exchange’ in the Four Species Market in Jerusalem will see trading just as action-packed as on Wall Street in New York,” say city officials.
The structure outside city hall will have a capacity of 650 people.
The workshop, dating back to the Second Temple period, was discovered along Road 437 between Geva Binyamin/Adam and Kfar Hizma.
The assailant drew a knife after being stopped by Border Police at the Mizmoria crossing near Har Homa in Jerusalem.
“Despite increased intimidations and restrictions, tens of thousands of Jews still chose to ascend to the holiest place in Judaism.”
“There’s been an increase in warnings and actionable threats of all types,” said Jerusalem Police chief Doron Turgeman.
Police apprehended the Arab assailant shortly after the attack.
The school, which was recently targeted by Palestinian gunmen, is one of four new institutions that will prepare Arab students for Israeli high school matriculation.
