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'You have no place at the Western Wall': Knesset vote sparks fierce backlash

Women of the Wall Vice Chair Tami Gottlieb says a bill granting the Chief Rabbinate full authority over the Western Wall would effectively end the mixed plaza, insisting 'the Wall is a public space,' while attorney Doron Taubman says protesters 'come to provoke, not to pray'

Sharon Kidon | 02.26.26

ב' מניף את דגל ישראל בטקס שנערך על רחבת הכותל המערבי

Lone soldier from Ethiopia marks first bar mitzvah at Western Wall after IDF conversion

Lone soldiers who converted during their military service celebrated bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies at the Western Wall alongside volunteers from the Big Brother for Lone Soldiers nonprofit; B., a Nahal Brigade soldier, said the ceremony gave him 'a sense of closure'

Yogev Israeli | 02.24.26

The secret of our strength: keeping the Western Wall a symbol of unity, not division

Opinion: In 2016, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the Western Wall compromise, proposing the Ezrat Yisrael plaza as a mixed-gender prayer space for diverse Jewish rituals; yesterday the Supreme Court ordered the government to implement it

Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin | 02.23.26

Netanyahu freezes Western Wall bill amid dispute over egalitarian prayer section

After High Court orders progress on egalitarian plaza, prime minister cancels ministers’ vote on Orthodox-only proposal; justice minister says he will support Avi Maoz’s bill in Knesset

Shilo Freid | 02.22.26

Coalition erupts in anger after High Court orders equal prayer access at Western Wall

Judges gave the government three months to advance construction linking the egalitarian plaza to the Wall stones, prompting calls from coalition leaders to pass legislation placing the site solely under the Chief Rabbinate

Shilo Freid, Netael Bandel, Tova Zimuky, Yaron Drukman | 02.20.26

Western Wall stone to be returned from Defense HQ in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

The stone, which weighs about 6 tons, will be returned to Jerusalem in the coming days; part of a broader initiative to restore ancient stones from the Western Wall that were placed in various locations across Israel over the years

Shilo Freid | 01.13.26

אירוע דיפלומטי שארגן שר החוץ גדעון סער בכותל המערבי

Diplomatic incident at Western Wall: Ukrainian ambassador storms out of event over Russian envoy

Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel left a Foreign Ministry Hanukkah event at the Western Wall in protest after discovering that Russia’s ambassador was also in attendance, saying he was not informed in advance

Itamar Eichner | 12.24.25

אביו של בנימין מדליק נרות חנוכה בכותל המערבי

Continuing tradition: family of fallen soldier light Hanukkah candles at Western Wall

Benjamin Elmakayes’ family lights Hanukkah candles each year at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, a tradition kept even after he was killed in Gaza last year; his mother says they had a 'pact' to light the candle together every year, wherever he was

Shilo Freid | 12.17.25

Live from Jerusalem: First Hanukkah candle lit at Western Wall as Sydney terror attack casts shadow

Israel and Jewish communities worldwide light the first Hanukkah candle as former hostage Segev Kalfon joins ceremony at the Western Wall, with celebrations overshadowed by the deadly shooting at a Chabad event in Bondi Beach

Shilo Freid | 12.14.25

סטיב וויטקוף וג'ארד ואיוונקה קושנר נשאו תפילה בכותל המערבי להצלחת העסקה

Kushner, Witkoff pray at Western Wall; ex-hostage to partner: 'Just a little longer, you’ll be home'

Jared Kushner and US envoy Steve Witkoff prayed at Jerusalem’s Western Wall ahead of Monday’s expected hostage release; Families expressed hope as captivity survivors and relatives shared emotional reunions across Israel

Itamar Eichner, Lihi Gordon | 10.10.25

Holocaust survivors pray for hostages, soldiers at Western Wall

Group gathers in Jerusalem ahead of High Holidays and prays for the success of IDF soldiers and the safe return of all hostages from Gaza

Shilo Freid | 09.19.25

מיכל הצבע שנתפס ברשות החשוד בריסוס "יש שואה בעזה" על כנסיית הקבר

'Holocaust in Gaza': Suspect in Western Wall graffiti hits Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Young Jewish man from Jerusalem, who his family claims is struggling with mental health issues, has been arrested for the second time in about two weeks on suspicion of spray-painting anti-war protest graffiti - this time inside the famous church

ynet | 08.26.25

Western Wall graffiti suspect freed by judge: 'I do not ban Jews from the Wall'

Haredi man, 27, arrested after 'There is a Holocaust in Gaza' spray-painted on Western Wall stones; police say he also defaced city’s Great Synagogue; suspect confessed, apologized and his family says he suffers from mental health issues

Shilo Freid, Liran Tamari, Idan Bloemhof | 08.11.25

'Holocaust in Gaza': Western Wall vandalized with anti-war graffiti

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Sites of Israel, condemned the act as a serious desecration showing blatant disrespect for the site’s sanctity

Shilo Freid | 08.11.25

סיום מסע הכומתה הראשון של היחידה החרדית "החשמונאים", בכותל המערבי

New Haredi IDF brigade marks end of training with Western Wall ceremony: 'It teaches me what it means to be a Jew serving God'

IDF’s first Haredi Hasmonean Brigade completed its beret march in Jerusalem, marking a milestone in ultra-Orthodox integration into the military, with leaders and families praising the unit’s blend of religious devotion and national service; event moved from Western Wall plaza over fear of disruption by extremist Haredim

Idan Bloemhof | 08.06.25

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