Overview
- Rabbi David Yosef, speaking at Jerusalem’s Mercaz HaRav on Thursday during Jerusalem Day events, declared the Western Wall is “ours” and criticized Supreme Court involvement.
- He said the Chief Rabbinate sent justices a detailed halachic ruling on the Wall’s sanctity through its attorneys and said the court did not respond.
- He told judges to “remove your hands” from the site and said the Wall does not belong to the Reform movement or to the court.
- Who sets rules at the Wall determines where men and women can pray and whether non‑Orthodox Jews gain a recognized space at the plaza that is the holiest place where Jews can pray.
- The remarks follow recent court steps to keep plans for a southern egalitarian area moving, while the larger fight over control of the site remains unresolved.