PA officials are not required to swear a religious oath upon taking office. Witnesses in PA courtrooms are required to swear on a religious book, such as the Koran or the Bible. The issue was resolved when the IDF agreed to remove the cabinet and the checkpoint into Nablus. Israel has instituted these permit requirements in order to address its security concerns. The Israeli Government permits all faiths to operate schools and institutions.
Religious publications are subject to the Publications Laws.
In accordance with Orthodox Jewish practice, men and women pray separately at the Western Wall, Judaism's most sacred site. Reform and Conservative Jews have challenged this practice and seek to pray at the Western Wall in mixed-gender groups. A 1995 ruling by the Israeli High Court of Justice allows small numbers of Jews under police escort to pray on the Temple Mount, which is the location of two Muslim holy places and also the former site of the First and Second Jewish Temples. Other organized Jewish religious activity on the Temple Mount is prohibited on public safety grounds. In May 2000, officials in the Israeli Ministry for Religious Affairs reportedly threatened to reevaluate relations with the Jerusalem Greek Orthodox Patriarchate if it did not discipline a Christian cleric for expressing his political views to a group of Christian pilgrims.