Group including Agudath leadership to present PM with 150,000 signatures opposing changes at holy site that are widely supported by Reform and Conservative Jews

US reporter Jacob Magid discusses what really happened with the 'Kotel compromise' and political correspondent Tal Schneider looks at a Knesset vote on yeshiva student exemptions

Previous lofty promises to finally resolve the dispute have encountered opposition by the government's more religious members, as well as other realpolitik considerations

As Bennett says no consensus on issue in his coalition, US Conservative Movement warns decision harms Israel-Diaspora ties; Reform Movement calls it 'infuriating and upsetting'

Diplomacy reporter Lazar Berman casts an eye on the USIEA and the race to head JAFI; news editor Amy Spiro updates us on the Western Wall and Israel's 1st Orthodox figure skater

With mixed messages from the government and a Supreme Court dragging its feet, the status quo of monthly scuffles at the Kotel appears to have no end in sight

Nachman Shai says he knows highlighting Israel's diverse coalition alone won't win over progressives, but insists that improved government social media presence is essential

ToI editor David Horovitz talks about the holy site deal and Iran's nuclear threat while Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman discusses settler violence and Christmas in Bethlehem

A coalition avowedly committed to advancing consensual issues is, deplorably, instead capitulating to extremists over access for the Jewish people to our holiest place for prayer

Movement calls apparent decision to hold off on establishing formal egalitarian prayer pavilion 'entirely unacceptable,' saying it has waited patiently amid repeated promises