News Source: CNN
| 4 months ago
The decision by Jerusalem's Magistrate's Court will allow an ultra-Orthodox woman suspected of starving her 3-year-old son to be released from police custody and serve a temporary house arrest instead. The woman, whom police have not named, is from a...
News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| 4 months ago
Jerusalem court orders mother's release • Woman accused of child neglect under house arrest • Tensions eased between ultra-orthodox and police Rachel Shabi in Tel Aviv Calm is expected to return to the streets of Jerusalem today after a court...
News Source: National Public Radio
| 4 months ago
All Things Considered , July 17, 2009 · In Jerusalem, authorities are hoping that a compromise in a case involving an ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman suspected of child abuse will lower tensions between the city and ultra-Orthodox demonstrators. Several...
News Source: Times Online
| 4 months ago
It reminded residents of the worst days of the intifada: in the centre of Jerusalem yesterday bins smouldered and shopfronts lay shattered after four nights of violence. However, while the devastation may be familiar and its motivation religious,...
News Source: Voice of America
| 4 months ago
There have been more religious riots in Jerusalem, pitting ultra-Orthodox Jews against the secular Israeli government. Angry ultra-Orthodox Jews threw stones, bricks and bottles at police, turning religious neighborhoods here in Jerusalem into what...
News Source: Ynet News
| 4 months ago
Community officials drove around Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods Friday afternoon and announced by loudspeakers that the haredi mother who is accused of starving her toddler son was placed under house arrest earlier in the day. They called...