Haredi Protesters Attempt to Block Bus Near Meron over Shabbat Operations
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Every Saturday Ultraorthodoxes protest in front of a café in Jerusalem, which also opened on the Sabbath. Secular Israelis hold against it. The dispute shows how deep the conflict over religion and the future of the country extends. By J. Poppendieck.
Istanbul: The protests against a cafe that opens on Saturdays in central West Jerusalem continued for the seventh consecutive week, while unknown persons sabotaged its entrance lock in an attempt to prevent its operation. The protests began in front of the Café Basimta, near Agripps Street, on 4 July last, and escalated over the past weeks into confrontations between Haridim and pro-prosecutors [...]
Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews continued their protests this week against the Basimta café in West Jerusalem, because it was open on Saturday (Shabbat), a day when business is forbidden according to their beliefs.
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