Maya Benvenisti, 36, staged protest against since-shelved legislation that would have made it a criminal offense to dress or pray at Jerusalem Old City holy site 'immodestly'
Cops stop a number of individuals with goats or lambs as they try to bring them to sensitive holy site to perform ancient ritual; act seen as having explosive potential
Activist Rafael Morris, head of group calling for slaughtering lambs for festival, is arrested for alleged plan; Western Wall rabbi introduces ban on bringing animals to holy site
Reform movement and Women of the Wall come out fiercely against proposal to nix all mixed-gender services at the holy site, including in its egalitarian section
Chief rabbis, Jerusalem mayor preside over late-night prayers ahead of Day of Atonement, which begins Tuesday night; site sees more than 1 million visits over past six weeks
Week after Haredim disrupted egalitarian event, Rabinovitch appears to also direct ire at Women of Wall; Reform and Conservative Movements urge Lapid to implement frozen compromise
Military says officers 'made error in judgment' by agreeing to prevent soldier from heading event; pluralism groups accuse body that administers site of 'working to silence women'
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch reiterates ban after several extremists nabbed for planning to sacrifice goat at Jerusalem holy site; also urges Muslim leaders to call for end of clashes
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