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Purveyor

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Thu Dec 27, 2012, 06:56 PM Dec 2012

Israel to Review Law Prohibiting Women From Praying at Western Wall After Arrests

By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter
December 26, 2012|3:28 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that a law prohibiting women wearing ritual garments from praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem will be reviewed, after a series of arrests last week sparked an outcry.

"The prime minister thinks the Western Wall has to be a site that expresses the unity of the Jewish people, both inside Israel and outside the state of Israel," said Ron Dermer, Netanyahu's senior adviser, according to The New York Times. "He wants to preserve the unity of world Jewry. This is an important component of Israel's strength."

A group of Israeli women called Women of the Wall have been protesting against a 2003 Israeli Supreme Court decision that prohibited women from carrying a Torah or wearing prayer shawls at the site, a right which is traditionally reserved for men.

Groups like Women of the Wall have insisted that the holy site belongs to all Jewish people regardless of gender, and they say they defend the rights of women who take up pilgrimages to pray at the Western Wall. A number of arrests by police officers apprehending women dressed in shawls in the past few months, however, have sparked an international outcry.

Read more at http://global.christianpost.com/news/israel-to-review-law-prohibiting-women-from-praying-at-western-wall-after-arrests-87247/#kr28z5KstfYZoQb1.99

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Israel to Review Law Prohibiting Women From Praying at Western Wall After Arrests (Original Post) Purveyor Dec 2012 OP
About time. Good for these women for pushing the issue. cbayer Dec 2012 #1
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