Religious Tensions Flare Near Western Wall as Protesters Demand Evangelicals Leave

Christian Evangelicals praying at an archaeological park near the Western Wall in Jerusalem were met with protests from hundreds of Jewish radicals, including the city's deputy mayor, who shouted at them to leave. The incident highlights the tensions between religious Israeli nationalists and Christian Evangelicals, who support Israel politically and financially but differ from them on theology. The Davidson Center, where the prayer event was held, is adjacent to the egalitarian plaza, south of the Western Wall central plaza, that currently serves as a restriction-free prayer space for non-Orthodox Jews.