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The Knesset will vote this week on a controversial bill that would outlaw egalitarian prayer at Western Wall, giving the Orthodox-run Chief Rabbinate exclusive authority to determine what constitutes a 'desecration' of the Jewish holy site – punishable by five to seven years in prison
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In an apparent attempt to avert a crisis with world Jewry, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled on Sunday a government vote on controversial legislation that would effectively prohibit egalitarian prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall as well as prevent the feminist prayer group Women of the Wall from holding a monthly service at the Jewish holy site.
