Orange’s Stephane Richard was to begin a two-day visit to “clarify the misunderstanding” over his remarks that led to accusations about a boycott of Israel.
“It saddens me that the issue of Rabbi Riskin’s continued service has been blown out of proportion,” the Ashkenazi chief rabbi said of Efrat’s chief rabbi.
The latest Peace Index found that 71 percent of Jewish-Israelis agreed with this statement: “The countries of the world make demands for moral behavior on Israel that they do not make on other countries that are in situations of conflict.”