The key Israeli trying to resolve the religious pluralism controversy came under Orthodox criticism for addressing a conference of the Reform movement in Israel. One Orthodox Knesset member termed Ya’acov Ne’eman’s remarks a “desecration of God’s name” and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss Ne’eman from the Cabinet.
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