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| Orthodox strife grips Jerusalem | Orthodox strife grips Jerusalem |
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| Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem have clashed with police in protest at what they see as interference by the Israeli authorities in their community. | Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem have clashed with police in protest at what they see as interference by the Israeli authorities in their community. |
| Police said at least 28 people were arrested after protesters threw stones at officers and burned rubbish bins. | |
| Hundreds of police have been deployed - 10 were reported to have been injured. | |
| The incidents followed the arrest of an ultra-orthodox woman for allegedly starving her three-year-old son deliberately. The child is in hospital. | The incidents followed the arrest of an ultra-orthodox woman for allegedly starving her three-year-old son deliberately. The child is in hospital. |
| The protests are taking place in two ultra-Orthodox neighbourhoods, Mea Shearim and Bar-Ilan. | The protests are taking place in two ultra-Orthodox neighbourhoods, Mea Shearim and Bar-Ilan. |
| There were later reports of unrest in Beit Shemesh, a few miles outside Jerusalem, where police broke up a group of about 100 protesters attempting to block a road into the town. | |
| It is time someone woke up because the violence threatens to cause victims Police chief Aaron Franco | |
| There were also reports of stone-throwing attacks on municipal workers. | |
| "Thousands of ultra-orthodox from the Mea Shearim district tried to close a main road to traffic, obliging law enforcement to intervene with water cannons," said police spokesman Shmuel Rubi. | |
| "Some police officers were hurt when stones were thrown" and police questioned dozens of people, he told the AFP news agency. | |
| On Thursday, police used horses and water cannon to disperse the black-garbed Haredim. | On Thursday, police used horses and water cannon to disperse the black-garbed Haredim. |
| Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the violence was "something that was not expected". | Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the violence was "something that was not expected". |
| Meanwhile the city's police chief, Aaron Franco, has said ultra-orthodox rabbis are not doing enough to denounce the violence. | |
| "It is time someone woke up because the violence threatens to cause victims," he said. | |
| Car park row | |
| The Haredim say the authorities are intruding on their way of life | |
| Jerusalem is home to large Orthodox communities whose strict adherence to Jewish law sometimes puts them at odds with more the majority secular Jews. | |
| Anger is high at what has been seen as the "unjust" arrest of the mother, who is said to be suffering from a mental disorder. | Anger is high at what has been seen as the "unjust" arrest of the mother, who is said to be suffering from a mental disorder. |
| A hospital spokeswoman, Yael Bossem-Levy, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying the woman had Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a condition in which one person mimics or induces illness in another. | |
| Another current Haredi grievance has been the Sabbath opening of a private car park near the religiously sensitive Old City area, when Orthodox Jews abstain from work. | Another current Haredi grievance has been the Sabbath opening of a private car park near the religiously sensitive Old City area, when Orthodox Jews abstain from work. |