Shemesh

The sign below, in Bet Shemesh which is well within the "Green Line" and supposedly undisputed territory, was defaced with graffiti declaring it Palestinian territory ....

Israelated - English Israel blogs 2008

Here, an ultra-Orthodox woman walks past graffiti that reads 'Modesty prevents trouble' in Beit Shemesh.

Israel's Bus Battle 2012

Here, an ultra-Orthodox man leaned on a railing as a woman and children waited at a bus station in Beit Shemesh on Dec 26.

Israel's Bus Battle 2012

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man, left, argued with an opponent during the Beit Shemesh protest.

Israel's Bus Battle 2012

Here, she sat with her mother, Hadassa, in their home in Beit Shemesh on Dec. 26.

Israel's Bus Battle 2012

The danger is when the extreme fringe Jewish-Orthodox groups like Pu'ah and the radical ones in Beit Shemesh, Israel, or other extremist religious societies, attempt to blur the line and impose religious gender standards to a secular environment.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

The danger is when the extreme fringe Jewish-Orthodox groups like Pu'ah and the radical ones in Beit Shemesh, Israel, or other extremist religious societies, attempt to blur the line and impose religious gender standards to a secular environment.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

Here, an Israeli youth covered his face with stickers reading in Hebrew: 'Beit Shemesh is a Zionist town,' as he and others demonstrated against the segregation of women on Dec. 27.

Israel's Bus Battle 2012

The danger is when the extreme fringe Jewish-Orthodox groups like Pu'ah and the radical ones in Beit Shemesh, Israel, or other extremist religious societies, attempt to blur the line and impose religious gender standards to a secular environment.

Eliyahu Federman: Gender Discrimination: Religious vs. Secular Eliyahu Federman 2012

Oded Balilty/Associated Press Haredi rabbis of Beit Shemesh have insisted that women of their community observe modesty rules voluntarily.

Israel's Bus Battle 2012