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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Jerusalem mayor halts services to ultra-orthodox Jewish neighborhoods after riots

Jonathan Lis, Nir Hasson, and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz
Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat ordered his municipality on Wednesday to halt all services to the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods of Geula and Mea Shearim. The move comes amid violent protests in those neighborhoods following the arrest of an ultra-Orthodox woman suspected of starving her 3-year-old son.

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