Ultra-Orthodox claim persecution
"HUNDREDS of ultra-Orthodox Jews, some wearing yellow stars or the uniforms of Holocaust death camp inmates, have demonstrated against what they called media attacks against them over their efforts to segregate the sexes in public."
The bearded men and boys, in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighbourhood, were ostensibly gathered to protest against the jailing of a member of their community for leading vigilante attacks against a local religious bookshop, which was considered not religious enough by hardliners. But ultra-Orthodox news website Kikar HaShabbat said the main purpose of the rally had become that of fighting back against ''incitement against the ultra-Orthodox public''.
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