Opposition to file motion to unseat Netanyahu over Western Wall deal

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog says the Zionist Union faction will submit a no confidence motion against Netanyahu over his cabinet’s decision to shelve the hard-won deal for pluralistic prayer at the Western Wall and the initial approval of a bill that would cement ultra-Orthodox monopoly on conversions.

“The government’s decision against the Western Wall as well as the conversion issue severely harms US Jewry, Israelis, those who seek to become a part of the Jewish people and any one else who wishes to pray at the Western Wall according to their customs,” he says in a statement.

“The message conveyed to both Israelis and Jewish communities abroad is a bitter one which creates a barrier between Israel as the homeland for the Jewish people and large segments of the Jewish people,” Herzog says.

The motion will be submitted to the Knesset next Monday.