Ukraine: outcry in Jerusalem, which projects the Ukrainian and Russian flags on its walls
The colors of the Russian and Ukrainian flags projected on the walls of the Old City, in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2022, with in Hebrew "praying for peace, waiting for you".
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Jerusalem in the colors of Russia and Ukraine.
While the city could host peace talks as part of Israeli mediation, the municipality projected Sunday, March 13, on the walls of the old city, the flags of the two countries at war.
The illuminations sparked the anger of some residents and, faced with the outcry, the town hall very quickly withdrew them.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,
Sami Boukhelifa
On the right,
the colors of Ukraine
: blue and yellow.
On the left those of Russia: white, blue and red.
In the middle, an animation: two doves flapping their wings.
The whole thing was topped with a Jewish prayer calling for peace.
"
A shame, in a city partly annexed, and where half the population lives under Israeli occupation
", denounced some Palestinians on social networks.
"
Political fault and moral fault
"
For other reasons, Israelis also railed against these illuminations, calling it a "
political fault and a moral fault
": "
If Israel had existed in 1939-1945, would it have thrown the flag of
[Nazi] Germany
, in a process of reconciliation
?
“, ironically questioned a surfer on Twitter.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the Jewish state has been playing the tightrope walker.
Part of its population deplores the attitude of its Prime Minister.
Because Naftali Bennett
has opted for neutrality
, and refuses to condemn Russian aggression against Ukraine.
He explains that he is working tirelessly to settle the conflict diplomatically.
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