The Israeli government is looking for ways to reduce the volume of the call to prayer from various mosques in the Israeli-Palestinian border area can be reduced or turned off. This was because the settlers complained that the call to prayer caused noise when they were sleeping.
The Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank is looking to use technology to mute the volume of the muezzin calls. The head of the Israeli Civil Administration Administration, Brigadier General Moti Almoz, held a meeting with several military technical experts. They are looking for technology to be able to automatically turn off the volume of the call to prayer from the Palestinian territories.
Civil Administration officials do not think it is necessary to seek approval from the Palestinian authority. "The Palestinian government will welcome this. Many Palestinians have also complained about this loud voice," he said.
It turns out that technology can also have an impact on mosques in Israeli territory. Last month, Israeli official from the Yisrael Beiteinu Party, Anastassia Michaeli submitted a bill to prohibit the use of the voting system by muezzins in mosques. Due to the same reason noise. The bill was initially supported by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but ultimately failed due to objections from other officials from the Likud party.
In the Hebron area, Jewish settlers even responded to the call to prayer by playing Jewish Hasidic music with loud loudspeakers. However, in the end it was mediated by the Department of Environmental Protection, on the grounds that the mosque area near the Jewish settlement was located in the graves of the ancestors which were under Israeli control. (Haaretz / Republika)., *
