NYJW Opinion

The real surprise in this latest iteration of the Kotel saga is not that the Israeli cabinet voted on Sunday to “freeze” the “historic” government agreement for an enhanced pluralistic prayer area at Judaism’s holiest place. After all, the charedi (ultra-Orthodox) parties have long placed the preservation of halacha over Jewish unity and notions of […]

Robert Sugarman (Opinion, June 16) proposes a series of steps by Israel and the Palestinian Authority that he says will promote peace. He says Israel should declare “a settlement freeze,” give the PA more control over additional parts of Judea-Samaria, legalize 20,000 illegal Palestinian buildings that are in Israeli-controlled areas and permit “Palestinian municipal” rule […]