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photo: Times of Israel<\/p><\/div>\n

This is several days old, but I am still laughing.<\/a><\/p>\n

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men and boys clashed with police<\/a> Saturday afternoon, blocking traffic and attacking officers during a protest against Shabbat transgression by workers preparing the Eurovision Song Contest final\u00a0in Tel Aviv\u00a0on the Jewish day of rest.<\/p>\n

As protesters blocked roads beside an ultra-Orthodox area in the center of the city, at least four women stripped down to their bras, forcing the protesters to leave the area due to the prohibition against looking at women in dress deemed immodest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What the cops could not do, they did. It might work on some Muslims too. Of course, the next escalation could be “Stone the immodest whores!” Follow the link for more examples of this attitude.<\/p>\n

Onward with song and beauty! Aphrodite will not be denied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is several days old, but I am still laughing. Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men and boys clashed with police Saturday afternoon, blocking traffic and attacking officers during a protest against Shabbat transgression by workers preparing the Eurovision Song Contest final\u00a0in Tel Aviv\u00a0on the Jewish day of rest. 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