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Haredim Continue to Scream up a Storm

31-Aug-09

Well, several weeks have went by, and the Harta parking lot is still open. Now the Haredim are really pissed off, and they’ve decided to, in the words of Emeril Lagasse, kick it up a notch. In the last two days of protests, a Haredi man was run over by a car after he literally [...]

Filed in Daily Israeli, In the news, WTF | Also tagged Dr. Hadas Hanani, Haredim, Hareidi Law, Harta Parking Lot, Jerusalem, Meah Shearim, Nir Barkat, Riots, secular | Comments (1) »

Terror strikes Tel Aviv Gay Community Center

02-Aug-09

Not only is political or nationalistic terrorism a problem, but that against certain interest groups too. A long gunman wearing a mask burst into a central Tel Aviv gay community center late Saturday night, firing an automatic weapon at the crowd of young people who had gathered there. The result left two persons dead [...]

Filed in In the news, Oy Vey | Also tagged David Cohen, Gay, Haredim, Police Chief, Tel Aviv, terror, Ultra Orthodox | Comments (0) »

Forget to Check the Tapes? Undercover Agents Put in Danger

29-Jul-09

On the one hand, Channel 10 Israel is going bankrupt. But on the other hand, it radically endangered the lives of undercover policemen this week, so if it goes out, at least it’ll go out with a bang.
Don’t be too quick to blame it on Channel 10 though, since they followed procedure. One of their [...]

Filed in Heard Online | Also tagged Bankrupt, Channel 10, Dudi Chohen, Underground Activity | Comments (0) »

Haredim Clash with Police in Jerusalem

11-Jun-09

In what appears to be the worst outburst of ultra-orthodox Jewish violence in Jerusalem in nearly two years, thousands of the city’s Haredim community took to the streets on Saturday to clash with police over the opening of a parking lot by the city municipality to give visitors a place to park their cars while [...]