Cabinet secretary slams Western Wall backlash, says critics ‘not paying attention’

Cabinet secretary and member of Netanyahu’s Likud party Tzachi Braverman is attempting to do some damage control following the backlash over the cabinet’s decision yesterday to shelve a plan for a pluralistic prayer pavilion at the Western Wall.

In a statement, Braverman says that “it is important for Netanyahu that every Jew can pray at the Western Wall,” and says that under the current rules, currently, Jews of all denominations are able to pray there.

He says critics of yesterday’s decision are “not paying attention” or are failing to “be precise about the facts.”

He points out that Netanyahu has instructed that the building work at the southern end of the Western Wall plaza — where the official pluralistic area was slated to be — continue uninterrupted.

Braverman goes on to say that Netanyahu has tasked him and Tzachi Hanegbi with formulating a an alternate plan.