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Hundreds protest 'exclusion of haredim' in Jerusalem
Boaz Malka
Published: 31.12.11, 20:41
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1. No problem for them in prison
Sagi   (12.31.11)
Women's jails are separate.
2. They excluded themselves with their extremely intolerant ...
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (12.31.11)
...lifestyles. Suck it up, its reality check time!
3. NJ and Brooklyn welcomes ya'll.
Mike ,   Raanana Israel   (12.31.11)
4. All in the name of the Tora!!
Mike ,   Raanana Israel   (12.31.11)
Kinda Reminds me of the Taliban yes. Put him a way and lose the key. Or does he claim the Tora guides him to steal, rape and abuse, certainly he has a better deffence. If that is the case the Tora is tellin us normal people to put him in jail for good.
5. Haredi Protest
Enoch ,   Toronto   (12.31.11)
The Hareidim are right. This is an outrage. How dare they arrest a man of god just because he is a thief, a swindler and an arsonist.
6. stop your nonsense about Haredim we are fed up
hadad ,   u.k   (12.31.11)
with the stupid Israeli media
7. Woken up
Rain   (12.31.11)
funny how quickly they protest this, yet when radical violent Haredi elements are wreaking havoc in Bet Shemesh they do nothing, though they purport not to agree with them.
8. this makes me cry :( what the hell is going on in our jewish
Ester   (12.31.11)
country? wait should i say secular country!?
9. Haredim you are my brothers and sisters and I
olim hadashim ,   tel aviv/israel   (12.31.11)
will do everything to protect you , but please control the hotheads , who do stupid things .A secular ole hadash.
10. #2
Shimon   (12.31.11)
The only extremest are you secularist and moderates, post feminist supporters, who think its ok to have gays living in the HOLY LAND. GOD LAND. But i wouldn't expect you too understand. Go back to watching Sports that have nothing to do with reality.
11. women
M'chael BenDaniel ,   utica U.S.   (12.31.11)
while i agree on modesty women are a strength according to our strength and are equiped with certain spirituality that accompany that of a man
12. politicians, municipalities & haredi need to talk
zionist forever   (12.31.11)
Neither the haredi or the seculars have a right to dictate how this country is run. They are ALL citizens of this country and all entitled to live their lives according to their own culture. For the most part it has to be the secular lifestyle that is dominant but in areas where there are large haredi populations then their wishes must also be taken into account. If that means segregation on a limited number of local busses ( not national ) then so be it, as long as there is mixed busses on the same route so people have a choice then its harmless. A couple of gestures of goodwill toward the haredi and in exchange the haredi themselves will try and help crackdown on the radicals. its going to take cooperation from the wider haredi population to deal with the radicals minority. Time for representatives of haredi, municipalities & politicians from the left and right to start talking to each other and working out compromises because you can't have a country thats divided between orthodox & secular Jews. If orthodox & secular Jews can't live together in a Jewish state then there is no place in the world for a Jewish state.
13. How dare they wear the Star of David to go
meghan ,   israel   (12.31.11)
against Israelis who have fought for Israel. This demeans the name of those that were murdered and suffered the holocust. #5 Enoch, i so agree with you. There is a price list from rabbis for blessings too! Live and let live or things will only get a lot worse.
14. these guys has no morality
Castor Troy ,   Los Angeles-CA   (12.31.11)
After assaulting women, after spitting at a child of 8 , now it is a shamefull abuse of Holocaust imagery to defend their petty discrimination agenda ! This show is a insult for the Shoa victims !
15. Come on, Shimon (#10),
Joan ,   Haifa   (12.31.11)
there are extremists on both sides and you know it (unless you've been brainwashed). Wearing the yellow star and calling the rest of us Israelis Nazis isn't extremist in your book? It *does* show a certain unawareness of reality. And history. How offensive to survivors of Nazi-occupied Europe.
16. The situation is really similar to that in Germany in the 30
Vladimir ,   Yerushalayim   (12.31.11)
The Israel mass media is weeping up the blind hatred against the religious Jews like Der Stuermer did in the 30s against the Jews. I spoke with many seculars, especially the Russians. Their hostility in immeaserable; they say that Charedim are the root of all evil, that they are more dangerous than the Iranian atom bomb. What goes next is clear. May I ask them: where do you prefer to build the new Auschwitz?
17. How ridiculous can this get?
Zeev ,   TLV   (12.31.11)
The Charedi claim they are persecuted Jews, but they are the ones offending the entire Jewish people, not only in their fanatic behavior, but making a mockery of the State of Israel, the IDF, and the entire Jewish people, in particular Israelis who pay high taxes to feed these ingrates!
18. this made me laugh
Josh ,   jerusalem   (12.31.11)
learn Torah, do mitzvos and make your mother proud!
19. Haredim and secular united against the dishonest Israeli med
Levi ,   U.K   (12.31.11)
20. Why Pish only ? Put them all in Gaol.
Tambour ,   Eilat   (12.31.11)
These irresponsible louts got used to the soft life; State benefit, No army service, learn all day { forbidden } and send the wife out to wouk if they need drinks & tobacco money.
21. Holocaust denial
MrMonist ,   London, uk   (12.31.11)
These swines are as bad, if not worse, than holocaust deniers like Irving or Zundel (or for that matter Ron Paul) because they should know better! Criticising ignorant beliefs is NOT the same as gassing children. You would have to be a complete scumbag to think otherwise. The sooner you lot deal with these tumours the better. The Arabs must be loving this freakshow. They can sit back and relax and watch these vermin destroy Israel from within. Hitchens was right, god is NOT great and religion poisons EVERYTHING!!!
22. What nut jobs
USA   (12.31.11)
Unbelievable.
23. #12
Michael ,   West Jerusalem/NY   (01.01.12)
I agree 100%!
24. How About Allegiance to Israel??
leo ,   nyc   (01.01.12)
A demonstration showing allegiance to the State of Israel-whose secular population has tolerated many insults from the "holy" men.
25. this is total crap!
yaacovic   (01.01.12)
the only persecution perpetrated against haredim is the demand by the public that they abide by the country's laws. they have no special status. they are not special Jews.
26. shame is yellow
Hared ,   Jerusalem   (01.01.12)
Some of the settlers evacuees and some of the haredim use to protest, including their children, the yellow star that Hitler imposed to the Jews. These new creators of macabre spinning adopt without any bridle a Rabi Hitler as their mentor.
27. Harideem playing the victim , what a joke
Haim ,   TA   (01.01.12)
The only victim here is the Israeli public who put up with this bunch of parasites. Time to cut their benefits and draft them in to the army and make men of them.
28. This is extremely disgusting
Leon ,   Algonquin Land   (01.01.12)
Dressing children up as holocaust victims is a new low. This trivializes the holocaust and cheapens the memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis.
29. Vladimir #16 says it correctly
keren ,   tzafon israel   (01.01.12)
We are so busy looking for an "other" to hate that we are forgetting our humanity. Lets stop it now!!!
30. Haredim rally in Shabbat Square
Belle ,   Winnipeg, Canada   (01.01.12)
It is time the Knesset pass laws that prevent these disgusting displays that insult the memory of those who perished in the Shoah. If anyone else but the Haredim were to attempt such behaviour, particularly outside of Israel, it would be condemned, and the perpetrators arrested. Shame on a system that allows this to occur.
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