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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Wail on this Wall

The Times of Israel tells us that the Blue and White Party is going for the secular vote:
The original plan, which Blue and White will push for, includes three key provisions: a joint entrance to the main Western Wall plaza and the egalitarian prayer space; a new permanent pavilion greatly enlarging the existing modest prayer deck, which has served as a site for pluralistic prayer since 2000; and, perhaps most controversially, a joint council made up of representatives from liberal streams of Judaism and government representatives that would be in charge of overseeing the site.
This is a pretty big deal.

Israeli religious life is controlled by the ultra-Orthodox. 

While the Wailing Wall lays in Israeli territory, it is holy to all Jews. The ultra-Orthodox and or Haredi political/religious establishment still control the site becuase Bibi needs to curry favor with them.

We're not saying Bibi has lost our vote*, but he's certainly losing it.

We look forward to the rest of the Blue and White's platform which will be released later this week.

*entirely metaphorical

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