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The court's ruling cited years of bureaucratic delays and obstacles, noting that authorities 'must urgently act to provide access to the Kotel stones from Azrat Yisrael.' Reform and Conservative leaders hailed the decision as a long-awaited affirmation of pluralistic prayer rights
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Israeli cabinet ministers and coalition lawmakers sharply criticized the High Court of Justice on Thursday after it ordered the government to implement its 2017 decision on the Azrat Yisrael plaza south of the Western Wall, calling the ruling an overreach of judicial authority.
