Israeli Domestic Politics

Joshua Frazer — July 17, 2009 – 2:40 pm | Israel Comments (0) Add a comment

With much of the recent media attention devoted to Israeli-US relations, restarting the peace process and Iran, domestic stories in Israel are sometimes overlooked.

The Jerusalem Post reported this week on the riots taking place Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood.

The riots were in response to the arrest and indictment of a haredi mother accused of starving her toddler son. The woman, according to the Post, is a member of the fringe sect Neutrei Karta and suffers from a psychiatric disorder that led her to starve her child for two years.

Thursday night saw violence erupt in the streets. According to Ynet ultra-Orthodox protestors blocked Highway 1 and police used water cannons to clear the crowds.

Ynet is currently reporting a lull in the violence but that protests may resume as an early as Saturday in response to a parking lot that will remain open on Shabbat.

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