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Mon 06 Jun 2009Opening of car park on Sabbath sparks riots
ULTRA-ORTHODOX demonstrators, angry over the Jerusalem municipality decision to open a car park on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, closed a number of streets yesterday, on the third consecutive day of religious protests in Israel’s capital.
The fiercest clashes occurred on Saturday after the opening of the Carta parking lot opposite Jerusalem’s walled Old City, to accommodate the thousands of Israeli and foreign tourists who visit the area every weekend.
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