Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat said Tuesday that Muslims should respect the Jewish holidays. “We passed the Ramadan in a quiet fashion that enabled the entire Muslim public to mark it,” he said. “Now we are in the Tishrei holidays and the Muslims must allow the Jews to mark their holiday.”
"We must set aside the attempts to carry out provocations in the city and let the police take care of them,” he added. Barkat said he does not think a third Arab violent rebellion (“Intifada”) is near.