Emeute religieuse à Jérusalem – 17 mai 2010

Jerusalem: Haredim riot, block main road

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Hundreds employ arson to protest grave removal, arrest of man suspected of snatching body

Shmulik Grossman 05.17.10

Some 200 ultra-Orthodox demonstrators made their way to Sabbath Square in Jerusalem Monday, torching trash cans and blocking the main road into the city.

Police reported that they were also throwing stones at officers who deployed in the area in preparation for violent riots.

The haredim were protesting the removal of graves from a site designated for Barzilai Hospital’s new emergency wing, as well as the arrest of a man suspected of snatching the body of a woman in order to prevent an autopsy.

On Sunday Jerusalem Municipality announced that it was halting its operations in several ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in the city following violence directed at municipal workers.

The municipality stated that several employees were beaten during protests in the capital on Sunday, part of a long line of violent attacks against municipal workers and facilities by haredi protestors.

Haredi demonstrators riot in Jerusalem

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May 17, 2010

JERUSALEM (JTA) — About 200 ultra-Orthodox demonstrators set trash cans on fire and threw rocks at police officers in Jerusalem in protest of the removal of graves in Ashkelon.

The demonstrators also were protesting the arrest Monday of a man who is suspected of snatching the body of a dead woman to prevent an autopsy in late February.

Monday’s demonstrations followed similar rioting on Sunday in Jerusalem and Ashkelon to protest the removal by the Israel Antiquities Authority on Sunday of graves from the construction site of a protected emergency room at the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. All of the graves have been found to be non-Jewish, from the Byzantine era, according to reports. The bones were to be reburied Monday.

On Sunday the Jerusalem municipality halted city services to several haredi neighborhoods after municipal workers were attacked. The damage from Sunday’s riots, including to garbage bins, roads, vehicles, traffic lights and street lights, was put at about $270,000. Repair costs will be borne by the municipality, Ynet reported.