Cabinet Secretary Meets with Heterodox Groups

Cabinet secretary Shalom Shalma met with representatives of Reform and Conservative groups, along with Women of the Wall, on Tuesday.

United Torah Judaism MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni commented: “Shalom Shalma does the bidding of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Both of them are constantly attacking Judaism in Israel.

“This meeting with the Reform and Conservatives to drive a knife into the holy Torah does not surprise me,” he said, adding that it’s consistent with the tactics of Naftali Bennett.

Shas issued a statement condemning the meeting: “The Western Wall is a red line…and those who desecrate it will bring out masses of Jews to defend it.

“We warn the government of Bennett-Kariv (Reform MK from the Labor party): ‘Remove your hands from the Holy Wall! Don’t cause a split in the Jewish people! We will not be silent on the descration of the Western Wall!’”