Thursday, July 14, 2011

Women to the back of the bus in Israel

"The January ruling came in the wake of a petition originally filed five years ago by the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), and five women – including Israeli English-language author Naomi Ragen, who charged that there were no formal arrangements or conditions for the operation of these special bus lines and that, as passengers on these buses, they had been harassed by haredim for insisting on sitting in the front section."