Israeli police disperse protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem

Israeli police on Saturday dispersed a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews in central Jerusalem against a cafe opening during the Jewish Sabbath, Anadolu reports. Haredi protesters broke through police barriers outside the Basmta cafe on Agripas Street, Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported. The protesters clashed with patrons of the cafe who had formed a human chain at its entrance. Footage showed some patrons pulling the prayer shawls, known as tallit, worn by protesters who attempted to enter the cafe. Police intervened and used batons to disperse the demonstrators. Yisrael Beiteinu party leader and Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman arrived at the site. As he left, protesters shouted: “Lieberman, go back to communist Russia.” Lieberman was born in 1958 in Chisinau, the capital […]