Sunday, March 10, 2019
Western Wall: Jewish women clash over prayer rights
Dozens of members of the Women of the Wall group, who are seeking equal prayer rights, had to be escorted away by police.
Protesters, many of them women, responded to calls from ultra-Orthodox rabbis to disrupt the group's 30th anniversary service, media reports say.
A number of people were reportedly injured in the incident.
The Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City - a relic of the Biblical Temple compound - currently has separate sections where men and women are allowed to pray.
The Jerusalem Post says 150 members of the group were met by more than 10,000 ultra-Orthodox women early on Friday morning, with insults exchanged between the two sides.
Some of the protesting girls told Haaretz newspaper they had been bussed in by their religious schools in an attempt to block the group from accessing the Western Wall.
"During the prayers, friction arose between the worshippers, including the Women of the Wall, including curses and various comments," police said in a statement.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47496456
Protesters, many of them women, responded to calls from ultra-Orthodox rabbis to disrupt the group's 30th anniversary service, media reports say.
A number of people were reportedly injured in the incident.
The Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City - a relic of the Biblical Temple compound - currently has separate sections where men and women are allowed to pray.
The Jerusalem Post says 150 members of the group were met by more than 10,000 ultra-Orthodox women early on Friday morning, with insults exchanged between the two sides.
Some of the protesting girls told Haaretz newspaper they had been bussed in by their religious schools in an attempt to block the group from accessing the Western Wall.
"During the prayers, friction arose between the worshippers, including the Women of the Wall, including curses and various comments," police said in a statement.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-47496456
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