Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met today (Monday) with the President of the Reform Movement in the United States, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, and the President of the Conservative Movement in the United States, Rabbi Yaakov Blumenthal.
The three discussed for about an hour and a half the restart of the layout of the Western Wall.
The meeting, which took place after about six years of separation between the parties, since the outline was shelved by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was defined by representatives of the canine movements.
Rabbis Jacobs and Blumenthal made a statement at the end of the meeting: "We expressed our unconditional support for the State of Israel and clarified the expectation that the Prime Minister will take steps to prove his commitment that the State of Israel is indeed home to Jews from all streams, in Israel and in the Diaspora."
Before the meeting with Prime Minister Bennett, Photo: The Reform Movement
Anna Kislansky, director general of the Reform Movement in Israel, said that this was a historic meeting in the sense of recognizing the movements of the liberal currents in Israel and the Diaspora.
The Prime Minister spoke at length with us and recognized our need to pray as usual in the Western Wall without partitions and in an egalitarian and respectful manner. "Rakefet Ginsberg, director general of the traditional movement in Israel "Their belief. Compromise is not a constraint, it is a way to maintain resilience in a diverse society."
As mentioned, the ultra-Orthodox MKs sharply attacked the meeting itself. "It was not for nothing that the starling went to Raven, but because he appointed him," quoted the chairman of the Torah Judaism Party, MK Moshe Gafni. "This is" another of the prime minister's manifestations of repression, who is unable to deal primarily with and deals with the treatment he is dealing with. The prime minister does not convey stability and sells his values as a volatile leaf. "
Women of the Western Wall, Photo: Tzachi Miriam
"After embarrassing himself with his pretentiousness to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, Bennett is trying to mediate for reformists the destructive invasion of state religious institutions in Israel," said MK Yaakov Asher, adding: Israel".
MK Meir Porush added: "Reforms play a crucial role in our spiritual Holocaust, in that they caused the assimilation of the Jewish people in the Diaspora and especially in the United States. In the past we managed to keep them away from the centers of power here in Israel.
MK Meir Porush: "Reforms caused assimilation", Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
The ultra-Orthodox elements, inside and outside the Knesset, also attacked sharply. The chairman of the Noam party, MK Avi Maoz, said that "the masks are removed one after the other.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his cabinet ministers continue with their dangerous ideology, to give a foothold to the reformers in the State of Israel, and to that end he is intended with the reform leaders. "The people of Israel are wiser than you, there is only one Judaism and therefore you will not succeed."
"Despite the statements, despite the statements, the government's attempts to promote the outline of the Western Wall of the Reformers have been exposed," said Oren Henig, director general of the Libya Center.
"It turns out that the entire purpose of the government leadership is to silence the traditional, religious and ultra-Orthodox public, which is all united and united against the desecration of the sanctity of the Western Wall. Everything must be done to curb its dangerous intentions, on any issue related to Jewish identity in Israel."
MK Avi Maoz: "Engineering the consciousness of the citizens of Israel", Photo: Yossi Zeliger
On the other hand, the chairman of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, MK Gilad Karib, who is a reform rabbi, claimed that this is an important meeting: "After six years of disconnection and a hostile atmosphere, A clear majority in the Israeli public and among the Jews of the world believe that compromises can be reached on complex issues. The role of the current government is to bring extremists to the margins and not let them dictate the agenda. For the benefit of an egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall that will be implemented in the coming months. "
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