Can it be both Jewish and democratic?

Nofrat Frenkel was arrested at the Kotel in Jerusalem for wearing a tallit while praying with Women of the Wall. Frenkel writes of her arrest:

In my interrogation, I was asked why I was praying with a tallit when I
knew that this was against the Law of the Holy Places. I am an Israel Defense
Forces officer, a law-abiding citizen, a volunteer for the Civil Guard — I have
never incurred even a parking fine — and the idea of having broken the law was
most trying. Nevertheless, I cannot allow my basic right to freedom of religious
worship to be trampled because of a court ruling given years ago.

The Kotel belongs to all the people of Israel. The Kotel is not a Haredi
synagogue, and the Women of the Wall will not allow it to become such.

This deserves our attention as progressive zionists as much as anything.