Western Wall

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The faithful gather to say their prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Some put folded up bits of paper into the cracks of the wall, upon which personal prayers are written. April 4, 2024, Western Wall, Jerusalem. Photo Credit: Cheryl Chumley / The Washington Times

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Scores of Israel’s fighting forces gather at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for an official event. April 4, 2024, Western Wall, Jerusalem. Photo Credit: Cheryl Chumley / The Washington Times

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As Iran vows revenge against Israel for the IDF’s killing of its top commanders, members of the Jewish nation’s fighting and law enforcement forces take a time out to pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. April 4, 2024, Western Wall, Jerusalem. Photo Credit: Cheryl Chumley / The Washington Times

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Members of Israel’s fighting forces break ranks after meeting at the Western Wall for an official gathering that came on the heels of Iran’s threat against the Jewish state. April 4, 2024, Western Wall, Jerusalem. Photo Credit: Cheryl Chumley / The Washington Times

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The Western Wall was a hub of military activity in the hours after Iran vowed revenge on Israel for the IDF killing of its top commanders. April 4, 2024, Western Wall, Jerusalem. Photo Credit: Cheryl Chumley / The Washington Times

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Vice President Mike Pence praying at the Western Wall | January 23, 2018 (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)

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In this Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 file photo, Israeli women put on Tefillin also known as Phylacteries, a small leather box containing religious text usually worn by Jewish men, at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City. Israel's attorney general has banned Jewish women's prayer group called Women of the Wall from holding an all-female "priestly blessing" next week and it is an unrecognized custom that has never been held at the Western Wall. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)