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MK Eichler Expelled From Knesset For Saying Livini An Enemy Of The Chardim
Jerusalem - Opposition leader Tzipi Livni blasted Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias for refusing to give priority affordable housing to households where both partners work. "The housing minister's decision is an insult to those who went out to the streets (to protest)," she said, adding that the measure makes the benefit only accessible to the haredi sector.
MK Yisrael Eichler (United Torah Judaism) responded by calling Livni "our enemy," prompting Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin to expel him from the session.
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Mea She'arim, Israel - The Jerusalem District Court charged Ze'ev Frank ...
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Mea She'arim, Israel - The Jerusalem District Court charged Ze'ev Frank with harassment on Sunday, after he was arrested on Thursday for calling a pedestrian a "slut" and spitting on her. He is also being charged with assaulting the officers who arrested him while physically resisting arrest and calling one a "Nazi."
According to the indictment, the woman was walking in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea She'arim when Frank, a resident of the city, harassed her.
When three police officers who were already in the area proceeded to arrest Frank, a group of haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) attacked the officers, throwing rocks and iron poles at their vehicle.
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Jerusalem - 11-year-old boy approached by two secular men while waiting at a bus stop, struck in the face, Kikar Hashabbat reports.
At least two incidents of abusive attacks against ultra-Orthodox children have been reported to the police this week, in the wake of the recent storm surrounding several incidents of haredi extremism and the intense media attention that has followed.
According to a report from the haredi news website Kikar Hashabbat, on Tuesday morning an 11-year old boy, referred to as David L, was physically assaulted by two secular men.
While waiting at a bus stop in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Sanhedriah, David was approached by two men he described as "big, and without yarmulkes or pe'ot (sidelocks)."
According to the boy's mother, Malka, the two men began shouting at him, and struck him in the face several times. They also attempted to prevent him getting on to his bus although he eventually succeeded on boarding by sticking close to a group of people also getting on the bus.
Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said the boy and his mother came to the police station and filed a complaint later that day. The police opened an investigation into the matter.
On Sunday, Kikar Hashabat launched an email hotline for members of the ultra-Orthodox community to report any incidents of violence or verbal assault against them. Since the hotline was established, the website has reported on numerous incidents of alleged attacks against haredim.
An editorial on the Kikar Hashabbat website last month said that it was launching the hotline in light of "media incitement" against the haredi public and because "as a haredi media outlet, we can no longer sit on the sidelines and watch the fire of hate that is spreading."
The ultra-Orthodox world has come under intense criticism in recent weeks over a series of incidents involving perceived discrimination against women, as well as extremist agitation against a national-religious girl's school in Beit Shemesh.
Tuesday's incident came the day after a similar episode that occurred on Monday, when an 11-year-old girl complained to police that she was attacked on a bus by a secular man. The girl told police that the man spit at her, shoved her and shouted at her "haredim are cursed," and that they should not travel on buses any more.
Police opened an investigation into Monday's incident as well.
The Yisrael Hofshit religious freedom activist group, which has campaigned vigorously to bring the issue of discrimination against women to public attention and was one of the main organizers of last week's protest in Bet Shemesh, issued a statement on Facebook on Tuesday condemning "all forms of violence and verbal abuse against the ultra-Orthodox public."
"There is no place [to attack] the haredi sector as a whole," the statement read. "In every community and society there is good and bad, moderates and extremists. Our obligation as citizens of the state is to oppose extremism, violence and religious coercion, and to preserve the values of freedom and equality in the State of Israel.
Speaking with The Jerusalem Post, Yisrael Hofshit director Miceky Gitzin said that the organization was nevertheless persevering with its campaign to ensure that the government and police act against discrimination towards women.
"It's not about us and them, we're not working for any particular sector, we want the law to be enforced," he said, adding that many complaints he receives regarding discrimination against women come from ultra-Orthodox men and women.
In a conversation with the Post last week, MK Yisrael Eichler, chairman of the United Torah Judaism faction in the Knesset, rejected claims that the ultra-Orthodox world was undergoing becoming more extreme.
"There is no radicalization in the haredi sector," he said. "What's happening is that there is radicalization in the secular world against our community, and it's simply got worse in recent years."
Eichler also denied that there is widespread coercion of women to sit at the back of buses, arguing that haredi men and women voluntarily segregate themselves.
The MK cited a study, presented last week to the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee on which he sits, in which 1,150 checks were carried out in 2011 by inspectors from the Ministry of Transport on 55 bus lines which had been flagged as gender-segregated.
The inspections were carried out according to a High Court of Justice directive in which the male or female inspector deliberately sat in the "wrong" section of the bus.
In 56 instances, the inspector was requested to move seats to the "appropriate," section, and in 15 cases the inspector complied with the request due to concern that a physical confrontation may have ensued.
Eichler argued that these numbers contradict claims that coercive gender segregation on public buses is widespread.
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PITTSBURGH PA Numerous drivers found themselves in a sticky situation T...
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PITTSBURGH PA Numerous drivers found themselves in a sticky situation Tuesday night when a tar-like substance leaked on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, damaging countless vehicles and snarling traffic for a nearly 40-mile stretch.
Pennsylvania Turnpike spokesman Bill Capone said a tanker carrying driveway sealant began leaking around New Castle and continued to spill the fluid for 39 miles until it exited the turnpike at the Oakmont Plum service plaza.
Capone said the driver did not realize the truck was leaking until he got out at the plaza. State police at the Gibsonia station are still investigating and do not know if any charges will be filed.
Traffic was obstructed in the eastbound lanes of the turnpike between the New Castle and Allegheny Valley exits (mileposts 10.7-47.7), according to an alert on the turnpike's website .
"Initially, they were literally trying to plow this material off the roadway, and they did that to a point, but most recently they've moved to just putting down sand," said Capone. "This stuff will eventually dry. Now, that doesn't help all the people that got some of this material on their cars, and we know there are many of those. We've gotten a lot of reports of drivers being disabled along the turnpike."
Channel 4 Action News received numerous calls to its newsroom from drivers stuck in the mess. Some of the motorists said the tar was eating through their tires.
"We got on the turnpike and we noticed all these cars pulled over and our car was driving rough, and it was like it was going in to a flat," said Lynn Snitzer, of Fox Chapel.
Tow truck driver Tony Armenti said it's not only a messy situation, but a costly one as well.
"That tire's gonna have to be replaced. The rim's gonna have to be replaced, and the rest is gonna have to be taken off," said Armenti.
Many drivers said the timing couldn't have been any worse with the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday.
"This is Thanksgiving. Now we have to turn around and go back home," said Laura Frick, who was traveling from Cleveland to New Jersey. "It's horrible."
Perhaps North Hills resident Bruce Kephart summed up the frustration shared by drivers best.
"It's been a long day for me," he said. "(I'm) a little frustrated and I wish I was home with my kids, but I'm sitting here in the rain looking at tar on my tires."
An official count of vehicles affected was not immediately available, but some motorists estimated it to be in the hundreds.
Capone estimated on Wednesday morning that about 95 percent of the affected area of the turnpike has been cleaned. He said there may be a few small clumps left that will be picked up during the day, but drivers should not experience any problems or lane closures.
Plows were used to remove the tar-like substance from the road. Traffic was shut down for awhile to allow plows to move through the area and make the lanes passable.
People whose cars were damaged should call Travelers Insurance at 800-842-9897 and ask for the auto department. Capone said anybody who experiences a problem with the insurance company should call the turnpike commission at 800-331-3414 and they will intervene if necessary.
The truck that leaked the fluid belongs to Marino Transportation Service in Stevensville, Md.
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