Benjamin Netanyahu Says Western Wall Prayer Deal ‘Going To Take Time’
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 7, 2016
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed coalition politics for the delay in implementing a deal reached earlier this year to create a designated prayer section for non-Orthodox worshipers at the Western Wall.
That being said, he added, “It should be fought.”
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