donderdag, februari 13, 2003
JERUSALEM - Residents of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem attacked a mailman because he was delivering brochures featuring a photograph of a Jewish woman wearing no head covering. Residents of the Mea Shearim neighborhood pushed around the mailman, ripped up the booklets and threatened to attack him again if he returned with more.
The booklet's cover has a photo of an Israeli family with a smiling woman wearing a modest turtleneck sweater but no head covering — a violation of the ultra-Orthodox dress code. Rabihiya said the postal service would continue distributing the "Information About Civil Defense for the Family" brochures. The brochures were put together by the Israeli military to prepare the public for a possible attack by Iraq with non-conventional weapons in the event of a U.S. offensive against Baghdad. "Our job is to deliver mail, nothing and no one will stop us," Rabihiya said.
In Mea Shearim, residents cut themselves off from the secular world. Street signs at the entrance to the neighborhood ask the public to wear "modest" clothes that hide knees, elbows and women's hair.
Bron: Associated Press.
The booklet's cover has a photo of an Israeli family with a smiling woman wearing a modest turtleneck sweater but no head covering — a violation of the ultra-Orthodox dress code. Rabihiya said the postal service would continue distributing the "Information About Civil Defense for the Family" brochures. The brochures were put together by the Israeli military to prepare the public for a possible attack by Iraq with non-conventional weapons in the event of a U.S. offensive against Baghdad. "Our job is to deliver mail, nothing and no one will stop us," Rabihiya said.
In Mea Shearim, residents cut themselves off from the secular world. Street signs at the entrance to the neighborhood ask the public to wear "modest" clothes that hide knees, elbows and women's hair.
Bron: Associated Press.
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