Women of the Wall Urge Parties to Implement Frozen Western Wall Compromise
Summarized from The Jerusalem Post by baba
Women of the Wall is urging Israeli political parties to implement a frozen 2016 Western Wall compromise, highlighting its significance for Diaspora Jewry. The agreement, approved by Benjamin Netanyahu's government and partially initiated by Naftali Bennett, aimed to establish an egalitarian prayer space but was later frozen. Recent legislative proposals are seen as further attempts to exclude liberal Jews and women. The organization calls for a future government to prioritize ties with Diaspora Jews over Haredi political alliances.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Women of the Wall demands implementation of a frozen 2016 Western Wall compromise for egalitarian prayer.
- Naftali Bennett helped establish the Ezrat Yisrael prayer space in 2013.
- Benjamin Netanyahu's government approved the compromise in 2016 but froze it in 2017.
- Haredi and hardline religious Zionist pressure is blamed for the compromise's freeze.
- Recent legislation is seen as an attempt to exclude liberal Jews and women from holy sites.
- Bennett's government acknowledged in 2022 it could not implement the full compromise.
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