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Israel Supreme Court warns government over Western Wall

Netanyahu, who has been under pressure from ultra-Orthodox political parties, is yet to implement agreed scheme

September 1, 2017 11:10
Anat Hoffman, center, the chairman of the Women of the Wall organization holds a Torah scroll as a security guard tries to prevent her from taking it inside at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. (Photo AP)
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Israel's Supreme Court has warned it could push the government to reach a deal allowing men and women to pray together at the Western Wall.

It told the government on Thursday that it should reconsider its decision to halt an agreed plan to allow mixed worship at a section of the wall.

During a hearing involving the status of non-Orthodox Jews at one of Judaism’s holiest sites, Miriam Naor, the Supreme Court president, asked the attorney representing the state: "What happened here?

“There was a deal, people worked on it, and then the government comes and says it doesn't exist. This raises some questions."