Friday, July 17, 2009

Israel: Jerusalem's Hasidic community riots over woman's arrest

Jerusalem's Hasidic Jews, a particularly reclusive, ultra-Orthodox community are resorting to violence to protest the arrest of a female member. Authorities arrested the woman after it was alleged that she was starving her child.
Latest reports suggest rioting continues in spite of the compromise referred to in this AP article:

http://www.dailypress.com/news/world/sns-ap-ml-israel-protests,0,5705469.story

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