Kerry to Israel: Don’t block path to peace

Kerry: warns Israel on Palestine

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday warned that the two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinian Territories is in “serious jeopardy.’’

The United States allowed a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements to pass last week in an effort to preserve the possibility of such an outcome to the enduring conflict, Kerry said.

Bill restricting women's ability to pray at Western Wall presented to Israeli parliament

Independent UK   Men and women would not be allowed to hold mixed services, and women would be prevented from reading from the Torah or wearing prayer shawls in the vicinity on the grounds that such activity would “offend worshippers at the place” under the proposed legislation.