Public Response
In December 2012, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Natan Sharansky, the leader of the Jewish Agency for Israel, to review the situation and suggest ways of making prayer at the Kotel more accessible to all. In response to the detentions at the wall in February 2013, Sharansky said “When I listen to the very partial presentation, I am fully with them — when I listen to the other side, I have to accept that they also have logic. We do have to find a solution in which nobody will feel discriminated against."
The arrests have been criticized by groups promoting religious pluralism in Israel. The Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), condemned the arrest of Anat Hoffman and called it a "desecration of God's name."
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