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5 Haredi men beat woman who refused to move to back of bus
By Jonathan Lis, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: bus, beit shemesh, Haredi 

Five assailants believed to be Ultra-Orthodox Jews assaulted a woman and an Israel Defense Forces soldier Sunday for sitting next to each other on a bus bound for Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem.

The incident began when the five men asked the religious woman to move to the back of the bus to prevent males and females from sitting together in public. When she refused, they beat her and the male soldier who sat next to her.

Police forces that arrived at the scene to arrest the men were attacked by dozens of ultra-Orthodox men who punctured the tires of their vehicles, allowing the assailants to escape. No one was hurt in the incident.
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The ultra-Orthodox community in Beit Shemesh has been at odds with Egged over their demands that the bus company operates so-called "kosher" lines where woman and men are seated seperately.

In 2006 dozens of Haredi protestors took to the streets, hurling stones and eggs to demonstrate against the bus company. In one incident, a bus driver who was attacked fired his handgun in the air to fend off his assailants
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  1.   A disgrace in every sense.It is illegal & police came to arrest. 15:44  |  PETER S .M. 21/10/07
  2.   Stop the Bus line - let them walk . . . 15:49  |  harry 21/10/07
  3.   Stop the fanatics now! 15:53  |  Ehud 21/10/07
  4.   Disgusting! 15:53  |  Avraham 21/10/07
  5.   Egged should stop running busses to Beit Shemesh 16:03  |  Tova M. 21/10/07
  6.   Shut down the route as punishment? 16:03  |  Mike 21/10/07
  7.   Well done police 16:03  |  dovale 21/10/07
  8.   ayatollah made in israel 16:04  |  valy 21/10/07
  9.   A Disgrace 16:04  |  Phillip 21/10/07
  10.   FINE EGGED FOR ALLOWING IMMODEST MIXED SEATING OF A RELIGIOUS WOM 16:04  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 21/10/07
  11.   So 1960`s USA 16:05  |  Paul 21/10/07
  12.   A blemesh 16:06  |  M. Levine 21/10/07
  13.   Haredi men 16:08  |  Heshie Greenblatt 21/10/07
  14.   Sounds like Iran`s `Modesty` police. Sickening. 16:11  |  David P. 21/10/07
  15.   Segregated Buses 16:14  |  Jay 21/10/07
  16.   "Holy Men" 16:16  |  guy 21/10/07
  17.   A desecration of G-d`s name 16:17  |  Frum Yid 21/10/07
  18.   This is only a prelude of what is coming..... 16:21  |  Arik 21/10/07
  19.   If they do not like DEMOCRASY, then they 16:24  |  David T 21/10/07
  20.   STOP the ROT, or we will all suffer. 16:26  |  Moishes 21/10/07
  21.   Cantons 16:30  |  Danite 21/10/07
  22.   For how long are we to tolerate this?? 16:30  |  Chaim 21/10/07
  23.   let them walk . . . 16:32  |  harry 21/10/07
  24.   I like to know what are we going to do with them.? 16:33  |  Myriam R G 21/10/07
  25.   I would love to see a comedy central program or South Park show 16:34  |  Natallie Durson 21/10/07
  26.   Another example of their so called moral behaviour 16:38  |  SJ 21/10/07
  27.   Shameful 16:45  |  Manuel 21/10/07
  28.   beat woman. 16:50  |  ljf-canada 21/10/07
  29.   Egged 16:53  |  mak 21/10/07
  30.   Segregation 17:00  |  Secular who 21/10/07
  31.   Not the Torah Way 17:05  |  Chareidi 21/10/07
  32.   Shmendriks 17:05  |  Yair ben Avraham 21/10/07
  33.   Israel = Iran. A Religious State 17:06  |  Paul 21/10/07
  34.   So Islam does not have a monopoly on fanatics 17:19  |  Tupac 21/10/07
  35.   Find good 17:26  |  Abraham 21/10/07
  36.   Lets have segregated buses 17:26  |  Gary 21/10/07
  37.   Taliban is alive 17:30  |  Joe 21/10/07
  38.   Haredim hooligan " heroes" 17:45  |  Paul 21/10/07
  39.   Prosecute them and jail ASAP 17:47  |  Moshe 21/10/07
  40.   Too much police restraint; kill Haredi rioters 17:51  |  McQueen 21/10/07
  41.   Natallie Durson 17:51  |  akiva (zionist) 21/10/07
  42.   DURSON`S SITCOM 17:52  |  Brant 21/10/07
  43.   luv these guys 17:54  |  alan 21/10/07
  44.   rotten apples 17:56  |  fadi 21/10/07
  45.   A Disgrace 17:56  |  Phillip 21/10/07
  46.   Re Natallie #21 17:58  |  Esther 21/10/07
  47.   When religion turns you into a freak 18:01  |  Frederique 21/10/07
  48.   Well, let`s analyze this.... 18:05  |  Esther 21/10/07
  49.   All Bus Service Must Stop Immediately. 18:06  |  Eli 21/10/07
  50.   Gutless bullies. 18:08  |  Deborah 21/10/07
  51.   Israeli Gov`t Pogrom Now! 18:09  |  Richard Katzwer 21/10/07
  52.   KRAV MAGA FROM GOD 18:14  |  Kooky Dennt 21/10/07
  53.   Beats Honor Killings 18:26  |  Steve 21/10/07
  54.   VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 18:28  |  Steve 21/10/07
  55.   Shades of Pete Seeger 18:30  |  Yonatan 21/10/07
  56.   Cut off their electricity and water 18:32  |  Sarah 21/10/07
  57.   Move these Hareidim back to Poland 18:33  |  orthodox Jew 21/10/07
  58.   #8 VOICE OF PSYCHOSIS 18:35  |  Yonatan 21/10/07
  59.   yes,but they are allowed to drive, arent they? 18:40  |  igco 21/10/07
  60.   Chilul HaShem 18:40  |  Susan 21/10/07
  61.   Fundamentalist Judaism 18:46  |  Chris Linthwaite 21/10/07
  62.   haredi men beat woman 18:49  |  none 21/10/07
  63.   I don`t understand 18:50  |  Avi Yerushalmi 21/10/07
  64.   Why didn`t they just stone them to death??? Blind lunatics!!! 18:51  |  Marvin Meltz 21/10/07
  65.   parasitic infection within 18:53  |  amos 21/10/07
  66.   5 Haredi men beat woman who refused to move to back of bus 18:57  |  Golan 21/10/07
  67.   Hm...I wonder if the Israeli Police would have let... 19:14  |  Don Camillo 21/10/07
  68.   #9 Paul - I agree, but extremists the problem 19:16  |  Rick 21/10/07
  69.   #10 M. Levine - Thank you 19:21  |  Rick 21/10/07
  70.   A huge Chillul Hashem; Shame on them 19:22  |  Polybios 21/10/07
  71.   BAN HAREDIS FROM OUR BUSES:NO TERRORISTS ON EGGED 19:32  |  B.Iggots 21/10/07
  72.   Haredi 19:44  |  Ikabod 21/10/07
  73.   Durson`s humour = sick 19:49  |  Anon 21/10/07
  74.   5 Haredi men beat woman....... 19:57  |  Birdi 21/10/07
  75.   False religious skunks 20:04  |  Avrum 21/10/07
  76.   Excellent news 20:18  |  Chanalau, Tova 21/10/07
  77.   In the eyes of God ,,, 20:19  |  Hami 21/10/07
  78.   No one was hurt in the incident? 20:23  |  Former American 21/10/07
  79.   Trouble 20:46  |  Walid 21/10/07
  80.   Haredi men beat woman 21:01  |  David 21/10/07
  81.   If she was Haredi, why was she sitting with Men in Public? 21:05  |  Efox 21/10/07
  82.   No One Was Hurt You Idiots! 21:06  |  Efox 21/10/07
  83.   re: Don Camillo 21:07  |  Efox 21/10/07
  84.   Haredi men beat woman who refused to move to back of bus 21:08  |  Abe 21/10/07
  85.   bus service should be stopped 21:10  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 21/10/07
  86.   re: Former American 21:10  |  Efox 21/10/07
  87.   Surprised, Walid? 21:18  |  Danny 21/10/07
  88.   Haredim! GO WALK! 21:19  |  DGS 21/10/07
  89.   IS THAT HOW? 21:31  |  DGS 21/10/07
  90.   Ultras 21:35  |  a Jerusalemite 21/10/07
  91.   Jewish Taliban Strikes Again 21:36  |  Jane 21/10/07
  92.   Trouble #34 Walid 21:36  |  jo moor 21/10/07
  93.   Others on the bus? 21:47  |  Deborah 21/10/07
  94.   Is it Iran or a case of...... 21:47  |  Eshkol Hakofer 21/10/07
  95.   And The Self-Righteous Jews Criticize The Muslims For Extremism! 22:04  |  chet 21/10/07
  96.   a disgrace 22:06  |  judith 21/10/07
  97.   "A light unto nations" ? 22:08  |  Joe 21/10/07
  98.   No one hurt in Egged attack 22:16  |  Sharon 21/10/07
  99.   D.CAMILLIO did you actually read the article ? 22:20  |  PETER S.M. 21/10/07
  100.   haredi bashers-religous jew haters 22:39  |  ryan 21/10/07
  101.   ADVICE to the HAREDIM! 22:42  |  Alicia 21/10/07
  102.   stop their bus service completely 22:50  |  Ahavah 21/10/07
  103.   #33 and other bashers of religous jews 22:51  |  shmuel 21/10/07
  104.   Israeli hypocricy again 22:54  |  Edmond 21/10/07
  105.   call a pot a pot 22:58  |  Iain 21/10/07
  106.   Let the band play on..... 23:03  |  Esther 21/10/07
  107.   For M.Levine #10 23:09  |  Esther 21/10/07
  108.   haredi 23:17  |  Nina 21/10/07
  109.   5 Haredi men beat woman who refused 23:45  |  Tarzan`s Wife 21/10/07
  110.   woman with soldier 23:49  |  I hate Fanatics 21/10/07
  111.   Chareidim 00:07  |  Am Kshe Oref 22/10/07
  112.   To wallid 00:27  |  dovale 22/10/07
  113.   Cipora # 85 07:35  |  Philippe 22/10/07
  114.   Efox # 81 07:39  |  Philippe 22/10/07
  115.   Bus Incident 07:43  |  Anonymous 22/10/07
  116.   Woman beaten up on bus 10:29  |  Irene 22/10/07
  117.   This is not about modesty 11:50  |  Sanity 22/10/07
  118.   Shmuel #103 read this 12:37  |  Avrum 22/10/07
  119.   Mehedrin Lines 20:21  |  Ann Fink 22/10/07
  120.   Sheilded by their community (for 103 & 108) 12:31  |  Michael J. Weed 24/10/07
  121.   Sickening 12:20  |  Mikha`el Makovi 26/10/07
  122.   Amazingly low statistics: 1 per a million intrusions! 16:02  |  Jeffrey 28/10/07
  123.   hatred of the religious 18:10  |  reuven resnicoff 28/10/07
  124.   It`s no surprise 21:17  |  Moshe 02/11/07
  125.   woman 15:53  |  colin 06/12/07
  126.   #31 a few sinners? 13:55  |  A.M. 07/04/08
  127.   THESE ASSES NEED TO RIDE MALE JACKASSES. 15:01  |  petra 07/04/08
  128.   #35 15:18  |  A.M. 07/04/08
  129.   woman 15:32  |  A.M. 07/04/08
  130.   Adultery in their hearts! 08:16  |  Stephen Searfoss 17/04/08
  131.   5 Haredi men beat woman who refused to move to back of bus 15:22  |  Maria 22/03/09
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