"...the confrontations have taken on a wider significance recently as part of the political battle in Israel between the right-wing alliance of the former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is now in opposition, and the diverse coalition supporting Naftali Bennett’s government. Five years ago Bennett, then a minister in the Netanyahu government, brokered an agreement among Jewish groups under which the prayers at the main Western Wall plaza would continue to be held under the strictly Orthodox segregated rules while 'egalitarian' groups would be allowed to hold non-segregated services in an enclosure by the southernmost point of the ancient wall, built around the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago by King Herod. However, the ultra-Orthodox parties that had accepted the compromise pulled out when their involvement was publicised and have since adamantly opposed any concessions to the non-Orthodox groups they accuse of 'desecrating' the holy site."
From "Clashes over women’s right to pray at Wall in Jerusalem" (London Times).
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So Netanyahu, who brokered a successful agreement, is out of power and had nothing to do with the agreement falling apart, but the article nonetheless has to invoke his name like some sort of all-purpose bogeyman?
Tom T. said...
So Netanyahu, who brokered a successful agreement, is out of power and had nothing to do with the agreement falling apart, but the article nonetheless has to invoke his name like some sort of all-purpose bogeyman?
11/6/21, 9:01 AM
Progressives always have to bring up their bogeyman....ours is Trump. It used to be George W.
I think anyone should be able to approach the wall and pray. The accommodation to the Orthodox should be limited times when only males can pray at the wall.
@Tom T., works for Democrats with Donald Trump.
Until last Tuesday.
Biden will soon send in Taliban brigade to assist the Orthodox jews enforce their rules as part of the Palestinian Peace Process PPP
"However, the ultra-Orthodox parties that had accepted the compromise pulled out when their involvement was publicised and have since adamantly opposed any concessions to the non-Orthodox groups they accuse of 'desecrating' the holy site."
This make no sense as the Torah makes no mention of prohibiting non-Jews from gathering around the ancient wall, built around the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago by King Herod a it had yet to be built.
They're going to be bickering over this until the big,golden cube falls out of the sky and solves the problem. See, Revelation 21:2.
@Skippy "This make no sense as the Torah makes no mention of prohibiting non-Jews from gathering around the ancient wall" Non-Jews are allowed. This is by gender.
Women can pray at the Wall. Anyone can pray at the Wall. The conflict is about part of the Wall that the Orthodox use and at which they wish to keep men and women separate as they do for all prayer services. So there is a separate section in which women are welcome to pray,and anyone else can also pray.
Torah would not make any mention of the Wall anyway, as Torah long predates the construction of the Temple and of the Wall.
Women can pray at the Wall. Anyone can pray at the Wall. The conflict is about part of the Wall that the Orthodox use and at which they wish to keep men and women separate as they do for all prayer services. So there is a separate section in which women are welcome to pray,and anyone else can also pray.
Torah would not make any mention of the Wall anyway, as Torah long predates the construction of the Temple and of the Wall.
The "Women of the Wall" care much more about getting in the news than about praying to God or respecting Jewish tradition and Jewish religious law.
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