On New Year's Eve, thousands of Ultra Orthodox men came out in protest of what they called religious prosecution. In recent weeks, tensions in Israel between religious and secular Jews escalated after Israel's main TV news, Channel 2 filed a report. It showed Ultra Orthodox men in the city of Beit Shemesh attacking an 8-year old Orthodox girl for not dressing modestly enough. The report sparked nation-wide outrage and brought thousands to Beit Shemesh in protest. The Real News' Lia Tarachansky spoke to Rabbi Uri Regev of Hiddush as well as to Member of Knesset Tzipi Livni, the leader of the opposition and MK Sheli Yechimovitch, the leader of the Labor Party.
Friday, January 06, 2012
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Pleae remove this video it is completely one-sided and contains an interview of a so-called "rabbi" who is not even wearing a yarmulka
It is so sad that a few extremists are making such a bad name to an entire community. I hope the situation will change soon and the public will forget about this shame.
there are NO TWO SIDES to this, anyone that can assault a little girl as such. and go out in 'holocaust garb' should be condemned and totally disregarded. this is one of the times that im actually embarrassed to be associated as a Jew. HOW DESPICABLE!
It's debatable if its one sided or not but why remove the video ?
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