'The Reforms' demand is unacceptable'

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev (Likud), who heads the Committee for Holy Sites, refused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's request to enlarge the mixed prayer section at the Western Wall.

"In the last few months I have been thinking it over. My conscience did not allow me to do it. I could not confirm the Western Wall plan in a manner that would have harmed world order. The Reforms’ demand to turn the Western Wall into a place where women and men pray together is unacceptable to me and to the heritage of the people of Israel," Regev said.