Violence broke out at the Kosel after a group of Women of the Wall members, accompanied by Knesset members, approached Orthodox women who were praying here.
According to the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, the group “violently broke through the area set aside for them”—violating agreements reached with them by Israeli President Isaac Herzog and the Justice Ministry—and charged at Orthodox women as they tried to reach the Wall.
It said that staff of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation repeatedly asked the group to remain in the area set aside for them to maintain public order.
No one was hurt despite the physical violence, a spokesperson for the heritage foundation confirmed.
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in an interview that he would not be able to implement the approved plan to establish an egalitarian section at the Kosel due to opposition within the coalition.
“We do not intend to give up the right of every Jew to pray as is their custom at the Western Wall,” said Kariv. “I expect the prime minister who established the temporary prayer plaza as minister of the Diaspora to quickly implement a compromise solution supported by a clear majority of Israeli citizens… There is no reason to continue to reward extremists.”
He also released a video in Hebrew on Twitter saying that he expects to see progress on the Kosel plan despite Bennett’s assertion.
Tal expressed “sorrow at the insistence on turning one of Judaism’s holiest sites into a battlefield,” and said in a statement that the people of Israel deserve an arrangement that respects all streams of Judaism.
The Western Wall Heritage Foundation expressed shock over the violence.
“The Western Wall Heritage Foundation calls upon anyone for whom the Western Wall is precious to distance disputes and demonstrations from the remnant of our Temple,” it said in its statement. “We must cry out all over the world against those who wish to destroy the Western Wall and its holiness.” JNS.ORG
{Matzav.com Israel}
attention you WOW women: you deny the Divinity of the Torah. you deny everything written in it. so what gives you the right to be in eretz yisroel now? the only value you find in the torah is as something to make fights about. we who regard the torah as sacred promise not to force you to keep shabbos, to eat kosher food, to be modest in dress and behavior as long as you dont force us to fight you. go back to the rock under which you live and leave us alone
The Zionists deny even more than do the Reform. Do you consider them to have any right in Eretz Yisrael?
Women have a right daven there.
Idiot!
The reform admitted that they’re not interested in the Kosel and don’t care about tefillah, there, women’s, men, any day, every day. They admitted that it’s just a springboard to the issues they do care about, like public transportation on Shabbos and other things. It’s been recorded: how about playing that recording loud and clear, and quoting it often, every time those jerks mess up the Rosh Chodesh davening? Obviously, Katonhadorah, they have a right to daven there, but in accordance with the accepted standard. But they don’t want to daven, they want to protest.
Yes they do…. in the ladies section!
There is a zero tolerance at any other “holy” site in the world for breaking the guidelines. Try taking flash photography at DisneyWorld, or cutting the lines and see what they do to you. Even at the library, museums etc you must behave. Why tolerate this behavior??
The Zionists care only about politics and money. That’s why. They have zero religious feeling for the Kosel because their very purpose in existing is to replace Judaism with a Nationalist/Idolatrous godless Zionism.
Women of the wallnuts practice Reform. Reform is not Judaism.
They dance with such heart.
Pathetic! Go take a long walk off a short bridge and leave us alone we don’t bother u we just want to pray the same way you just be smart and pray QUIETLY!
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