JERUSALEM: ISRAELI POLICE CLASH WITH ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS SEEKING THE CLOSURE OF TWO ROADS IN JERUSALEM DURING THE SABBATH

Record ID: 399760

  • Title: JERUSALEM: ISRAELI POLICE CLASH WITH ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWS SEEKING THE CLOSURE OF TWO ROADS IN JERUSALEM DURING THE SABBATH
  • Date: 13th July 1996
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (JULY 13, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV/SV THOUSANDS OF ULTRA ORTHODOX JEWS AT THE SITE OF BAR ILAN STREET, RUNNING UP AND DOWN STREET; POLICE ON HORSEBACK CONTROLLING CROWD (9 SHOTS) 1.12 2. SV POLICE USING WATER CANNON 1.16 3. LV JEWS AT THE SITE OF BAR ILAN STREET (3 SHOTS) 1.33 4. LV POLICE USING WATER CANNO
  • Embargoed: 28th July 1996 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA57D9F7H6MMLKGC8OYZ04PMX5N
  • Story Text: INTRO: Israeli police have clashed with ultra-Orthodox Jews seeking the closure of two roads in Jerusalem during the Sabbath.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------ Thousands of religious Jews shouting "Shabbes" (Sabbath) on Saturday (July 13) rioted in Jerusalem, throwing stones and bottles as police, some on horseback, used water cannons to keep protesters from blocking the street.

    Police said around 5,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews were protesting on Bar Ilan street, throwing objects and provoking police. Six people were detained.

    Bar Ilan and Yirmiyahu streets have been the scenes of violent protests by devout Jews who want them closed to traffic from Friday evening to Saturday night.

    On Saturday, a police officer was lightly injured in earlier clashes and police vehicles were damaged.

    Some cars draped with banners of the left-wing Meretz party which has led a campaign to keep the roads open, drove past the site.

    Police said religious Jews attacked a Meretz supporter riding a motorcycle and broke his arm.


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