MKs, Diaspora leaders quarrel in Knesset meeting on Western Wall deal

By TOI staff Tempers flared at a Wednesday meeting of the Knesset’s Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee, with lawmakers and American Jewish leaders exchanging heated snipes over the government’s decision to freeze a plan for a permanent pluralistic prayer pavilion at the Western Wall. “When we go to various different places abroad, we automatically align…