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June 27, 2017

What the Collapse of the Western Wall Compromise Means for Israel, and for Zionism

Jewish peoplehood vs. the ultra-Orthodox.

For the past eighteen months, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties have succeeded in holding up the implementation of a compromise approved by the Netanyahu government that would create a mixed-sex prayer area at the Western Wall. Yesterday, ḥaredi members of the cabinet, with minimal opposition, managed to “freeze” the plan by threatening to leave the governing coalition. Yossi Klein Halevi comments:

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