Religious Services minister says Little Western Wall should be state-run

Little Western Wall is revered for proximity to where Temple Holy of Holies stood, but location in Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City means administration over the site is a combustible issue.

Religious Services Minister Yitzhak Vaknin prays at the Little Western Wall site in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem on Monday

Religious Services Minister Yitzhak Vaknin prays at the Little Western Wall site in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem on Monday

(photo credit: COURTESY RELIGIOUS SERVICES MINISTRY)

ByJEREMY SHARON

DECEMBER 24, 2019 23:27