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Last update - 00:00 06/11/2007
Beit Shemesh protest against Haredi violence draws 1,500
By Daphna Berman, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Judaism, Beit Shemesh 

Some 1,500 residents of Beit Shemesh gathered late Monday to protest the recent wave of ultra-Orthodox violence in the city, calling on police and municipality officials to take stronger action against Haredi "zealots."

The protesters, many of them Anglo residents of the city's modern Orthodox neighborhoods, demonstrated against what they call growing religious intimidation and coercion on behalf of Haredi fringe elements.

Two weeks ago, five ultra-Orthodox men assaulted a woman and an Israel Defense Forces soldier for sitting next to each other on a bus bound for Beit Shemesh.
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  1.   Tshach-Tsachim 08:15  |  M. Franks-Lhermann 06/11/07
  2.   i was there 09:09  |  a reader 06/11/07
  3.   Beit Shemesh protest 09:15  |  Irene 06/11/07
  4.   learn how to count 09:40  |  i was there 06/11/07
  5.   Irene don`t let these false Jews turn you away from Judaism 09:41  |  don 06/11/07
  6.   #2 grossly underestimates 09:47  |  i was there too 06/11/07
  7.   Learning to count 09:51  |  Jonathan 06/11/07
  8.   Learn how to count 10:18  |  GG 06/11/07
  9.   I was ACTUALLY there 10:27  |  Bet Shemesh resident 06/11/07
  10.   Haredi hegemony 10:31  |  Meir 06/11/07
  11.   THE MULLAHS OF BEIT SHEMESH : IMPRISON THEM !! 10:41  |  Lou Knee 06/11/07
  12.   haaretz anti-charedi bias 10:46  |  Avi 06/11/07
  13.   protest, and counting, and whatever 10:46  |  Tamar Silverman 06/11/07
  14.   A Picture? 11:38  |  Phillip 06/11/07
  15.   Religion, POISON for mankind! 12:08  |  Jacob 06/11/07
  16.   To # 12 12:35  |  BeitShemesh Resident 06/11/07
  17.   Intimidation? 12:45  |  Motic 06/11/07
  18.   simple solution 12:54  |  realism 06/11/07
  19.   Treat haredim like Palestinians 13:00  |  Yonatan 06/11/07
  20.   the Religious Right - the same everywhere 13:30  |  Mark Lincoln 06/11/07
  21.   Find them something to do 14:03  |  chelemer 06/11/07
  22.   Mark Lincoln # 20 14:13  |  Lynn 06/11/07
  23.   BeitShemesh 14:14  |  Asher Buchwalter 06/11/07
  24.   Beit Shemesh 15:41  |  Asher Buchwalter 06/11/07
  25.   HAREDIM AND JEWS HAVE NOT THE SAME GOD 17:15  |  Ernest Grafenberg 06/11/07
  26.   People expect 100% performance from haredim 00:48  |  Yaakov 12/11/07
  27.   turmoil in beit shemesh 22:12  |  Shmu Denver 05/12/07
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