Yesterday afternoon, several Haredim were blocking the main roads in Mea Shearim / Jerusalem and threw stones at EGGED bus drivers. Immediately the cops arrived and tried to make some order.
As I already mentioned, a private "kosher" bus is now providing FREE transportation to the Kotel (Western Wall). An American donor is paying for the new "kosher" bus where men and women sit separate. Although the no. 2 EGGED bus (Route: from Har Nof to the Kotel) is still running, Haredim preferring separate seating or a "non - Zionist" bus are able to switch to something "kosher".
Now, as there is a real "kosher" bus without any Prizut (prostitution), some Mea Shearim extremists try to get rid of EGGED buses in their neighbourhood. The Edah HaCharedit has placed a ban on EGGED a long time ago. First of all because the bus company belongs to the State of Israel and is therefore "Zionist", and secondly because there is not separate seating and as a result of that, there must be prostitution going on. However, "Prizut" here is not to be taken too literally and rather means immodest behaviour.
However, yesterday, Mea Shearim tried to get rid of the "unkosher" EGGED buses.
Yesterday's demonstration in Mea Shearim Street
At Kikar Shabbat, right in front of Mea Shearim Street / Yechezkel / Malchei Israel junction
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