Benjamin Netanyahu Says Western Wall Prayer Deal ‘Going To Take Time’ by the Forward

    Benjamin Netanyahu Says Western Wall Prayer Deal ‘Going To Take Time’

    Chris Goldenbaum.
    Chris Goldenbaum.

    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.

    “Anti-Semitism is a fringe element in the United States,whether on the right or the left,” said Netanyahu. “I don’t think it is something that has taken root in the heart of the American polity.”

    That being said, he added, “It should be fought.”

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