The feminist Israelis attacked by right-wing Israelis; Police do not respond because "the attackers are not Arabs" – IMEMC News

A group of Israeli Jewish feminists called "Women of the Wall" held their monthly prayer service at the "Western Wall" in Jerusalem on Friday and were badaulted by a group of right-wingers. Jewish zealots throwing stones at women beat them and burned their prayer books.

The women challenged what they saw as misogynous practices in the Jewish tradition, and during their prayer service they wore traditional kippas and shawls. reserved for men in the orthodox Jewish tradition.

About 200 women gathered in prayer at the Wailing Wall to mark the beginning of the Hebrew month of the Av, according to Israeli sources. The Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which disapproves of the women's interpretation of religious practices, had the area surrounded by guards and police, but did not attack women.

Instead, women were attacked by several dozen Haredi Orthodox men, who beat and beat women. A young woman was brought to the hospital with injuries to her head and neck. She told Israeli reporters that a doctor had told her that if she had been hit a centimeter to the left, her neck could have broken.

The wounded woman told the press that her boyfriend had called the Israeli police. You? "and when they told the police that it was a group of Orthodox Jewish men Haredi, the police responded:" This is not Arabs ? We will send someone later. The police never sent anyone to answer the call.