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Former President Barack Obama waves before speaking at the 4th Congress of Indonesian Diaspora Network in July. The former president tweeted a Nelson Mandela quote on the day of violent chaos in Charlottesville.
When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet voted to renege on a compromise plan for a plaza where women and men could pray together at the Western Wall, the decision was widely viewed as a move to placate ultra-religious parties in the ruling government coalition. But analysts and former government officials say there's another key factor at play: The rise of President Donald Trump has reinforced the perception among some in Israel's right-wing government that the clout of liberal non-Orthodox Jews in the U.S. is diminishing.