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The Western Wall Dramatic Decision PM replaces Culture Minister Miri Regev, who said she could not approve work on the prayer pavilion, citing her conscience and 'Jewish tradition' Culture Minister Miri Regev Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool The Knesset in the early hours of Tuesday morning voted for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to head a committee tasked to implement the construction of an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall, replacing Culture Minister Miri Regev.

The Western Wall Dramatic Decision PM replaces Culture Minister Miri Regev, who said she could not approve work on the prayer pavilion, citing her conscience and 'Jewish tradition' Culture Minister Miri Regev Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool The Knesset in the early hours of Tuesday morning voted for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to head a committee tasked to implement the construction of an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall, replacing Culture Minister Miri Regev.

Unity in the Divided Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Immovable Ladder at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Wikimedia Commons JERUSALEM – There’s a ladder in the Old City of Jerusalem. It perches on a stone ledge beneath the second floor window at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified and resurrected. According to local lore, the ladder has been there since at least 1852 and it is not to be moved.