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Jerusalem mayor halts services to Haredi neighborhoods after riots
By Jonathan Lis, Nir Hasson and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, Ultra-Orthodox 

Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat ordered his municipality on Wednesday to halt all services to the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods of Geula and Mea Shearim. The move comes amid violent protests in those neighborhoods following the arrest of an ultra-Orthodox woman suspected of starving her 3-year-old son.

The services were halted in light of fear for the safety of municipality employees, as a Border Policeman policeman was hurt in one of the scuffles, when a rock was hurled at him by a protester. Twenty rioters were arrested as the protests spread from Jerusalem to Beit Shemesh.

"The municipality regrets the inconvenience to residents of these neighborhoods who are not involved in the incidents occurring there at this time," said a statement issued by the Jerusalem municipality spokesman. "We hope to renew the services soon."
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The protests over the arrest of the Jerusalem mother suspected of starving her toddler for months resumed Wednesday afternoon after having raged on Tuesday.

The 30-year-old woman, who is ultra-Orthodox and belongs to one of the most extreme sects in Jerusalem, was arrested for allegedly starving her three-year-old son over the course of two years, it was announced Tuesday. The boy, who weighs about seven kilograms, is hospitalized in serious condition.

Hundreds of people participated in the protest Wednesday by blocking traffic on Bar Ilan road by sitting in the middle of the road, while several others set fire to trash cans.

Flyers were disseminated in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods saying that the welfare authorities and the police were persecuting Haredi mothers with baseless allegations. Last week, 15 ultra-Orthodox students broke mirrors, computers and toys at the welfare offices in Jerusalem. They also tore out windows and plants. The door of one of the welfare offices was set on fire two days ago and it is believed to have been a retaliatory action over the mother's arrest.

The woman is believed to be suffering from a condition called Munchausen by proxy syndrome - sufferers of the syndrome pretend to be sick or intentionally inflict illness on themselves or others in order to gain attention and compassion.

Doctors said Wednesday that the boy's condition has consistently improved since the arrest of his mother. The arrest came after hidden cameras recorded the woman disconnecting her son's feeding tube in his hospital room.


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      1.   Rabbinate 16:38  |  Joe 15/07/09
      2.   this is disgusting 17:27  |  shimmy 15/07/09
      3.   Mother arrested for not allowing experimentation 17:29  |  Binyamin Dissen 15/07/09
      4.   Rubber bullets and tear gas would have broken that up. 17:36  |  jc 15/07/09
      5.   To shimmy..........what happend to israel? 17:57  |  Tony Silver 15/07/09
      6.   Starving a child is not the problem 17:59  |  Axel 15/07/09
      7.   Violation of secular & religious law simultaneously?... 18:02  |  bat yam 15/07/09
      8.   but... 18:16  |  Juge 15/07/09
      9.   Double standard 18:36  |  Axel 15/07/09
      10.   "violent protests in those neighborhoods" 18:38  |  Axel 15/07/09
      11.   It seems as if that raving manic in the picture... 18:41  |  Silvienne 15/07/09
      12.   LOL 18:41  |  Chad 15/07/09
      13.   #3 - consent 18:46  |  kibblets 15/07/09
      14.   When religion becomes a disgrace 18:47  |  Akiva P 15/07/09
      15.   Haredi & leftists 18:49  |  Ralph 15/07/09
      16.   Would Leftist be silent if Arab neighborhoods were cut off? 18:56  |  Binyamin Dissen 15/07/09
      17.   high speed computers 18:57  |  annonymous 15/07/09
      18.   They don`t believe in the 21st century 18:58  |  Mark Lincoln 15/07/09
      19.   Conservative Melt-Down underway in Israel? 19:00  |  mark Lincoln 15/07/09
      20.   binyamin dissen 3 19:13  |  potobac 15/07/09
      21.   good move 19:13  |  rm 15/07/09
      22.   chilul Hashem 19:23  |  Sol 15/07/09
      23.   Don`t these people have jobs? 19:26  |  again 15/07/09
      24.   21st century? They never made it past the 17th century. 19:29  |  bronxite10 15/07/09
      25.   #17 - well put. 19:32  |  philtlucre 15/07/09
      26.   iegova witnesses in the US routinely refused 19:34  |  17 15/07/09
      27.   Jerusalem for the UN. 19:46  |  oy vey.com 15/07/09
      28.   people who support a suspected child abuser... 19:49  |  Malka 15/07/09
      29.   computer censorship 19:53  |  annonymous 15/07/09
      30.   haredim 19:54  |  alan ash 15/07/09
      31.   #17 19:58  |  observer 15/07/09
      32.   Sol of Toronto Canada 20:08  |  Akiva P 15/07/09
      33.   #26 17 ....US courts step in and do their 20:23  |  Lynn 15/07/09
      34.   Nutty ben Nuttah, the future of Israel. 20:38  |  Michael 15/07/09
      35.   Conservative??? More like insane 21:14  |  Jane 15/07/09
      36.   Thi is collective punishment---A war crime. 21:19  |  Labhras 15/07/09
      37.   The Charadim are not wrong 21:24  |  danny 15/07/09
      38.   The Charadim are not wrong.2 21:25  |  danny 15/07/09
      39.   #30 - Not entrapment 21:28  |  kibblets 15/07/09
      40.   Let`s not forget... 21:29  |  sandra chitayat 15/07/09
      41.   Haredi demonstrations 21:34  |  Samuel 15/07/09
      42.   injured officer 21:59  |  yuval 15/07/09
      43.   Bitter harvest 22:04  |  Lightning 15/07/09
      44.   Why do fanatical Jews and Muslims have a `leftist` fixation 22:22  |  Roo 15/07/09
      45.   82. Re preach peace .... 22:57  |  Dutch 15/07/09
      46.   nonsense, there are weekly violent protests 23:40  |  . 15/07/09
      47.   Haredim 23:51  |  shoshalhaifa 15/07/09
      48.   As a Charedi Jew..... 23:59  |  Jewish State 15/07/09
      49.   #32 00:00  |  Jane NOT in Palm Bea 16/07/09
      50.   Insulting Haredim 00:14  |  Michoel@Chareidio 16/07/09
      51.   Why do fanatical Jews and Muslims ... 00:21  |  Roo 16/07/09
      52.   Starvation 00:55  |  Danny Govarayot 16/07/09
      53.   And people think Muslims are crazy! 01:19  |  A Christian 16/07/09
      54.   Meshuganas run the show 01:36  |  ky 16/07/09
      55.   When the Israeli`s are not fighting.. 01:57  |  maoriboy 16/07/09
      56.   Binyamin Dissen 03:22  |  ChanaWashdc 16/07/09
      57.   They are different from the Talibvan? Or other Muslim fundamenta 03:26  |  American in NY 16/07/09
      58.   Sol # 22 03:31  |  American in NY 16/07/09
      59.   mental illness frequent extremist´s environments 03:46  |  h 16/07/09
      60.   mental illness frequent religious extremist´s environments 03:48  |  hipolito 16/07/09
      61.   Haredis are patheticat fabricating stories 03:51  |  Gili 16/07/09
      62.   Maybe I Just Can`t Understand 04:26  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/07/09
      63.   crazy! 05:20  |  Hirz 16/07/09
      64.   definition of religious extremism 06:12  |  Shelley 16/07/09
      65.   Good question Mark from Lewiston! 06:27  |  rm 16/07/09
      66.   Jewish Teliban riot in support of child abuser 07:26  |  SJ 16/07/09
      67.   Jane, in Texarkana 07:45  |  Mark Lincoln 16/07/09
      68.   Not to arrest her, would have been complicity with her pathology 08:08  |  Esther 16/07/09
      69.   Each of these multitudes of rioters has a vote for the present 08:16  |  Esther 16/07/09
      70.   To #2, #5, #37 09:27  |  Ben 16/07/09
      71.   To #2, Zionism and nationalism 10:05  |  Michael 16/07/09
      72.   #70 Ben- the problem 13:56  |  Lara 16/07/09
      73.   @17+29 pleading for tolerance for some one who wouldn`t give 14:14  |  Jew-and Bookburner 16/07/09
      74.   #46 needs help now, they are 100% correct? 16:45  |  JonathanDaid 18/07/09
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