Netanyahu said to promise right to prayer will be safeguarded under any lockdown

According to multiple media reports, Netanyahu promised ultra-Orthodox leaders that if a national lockdown is enacted during the High Holidays, the right to prayer will be safeguarded, and services will be allowed under certain restrictions.

Ultra-Orthodox leaders have warned that they will not agree to a national lockdown that will prevent them from worshiping during the holiday period, which begins next weekend.

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