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Friday, September 19, 1997 | return to: international
Israeli women protest segregated seating on city buses
by JERUSALEM (JTA) -- An umbrella group representing Israeli women's organizations has petitioned the High Court of Justice to resc, Under the decision by Minister Yitzhak Levy of the National Religious Party, women would be required to sit in the rear of the b
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The petitioners also called on the Dan and Egged bus cooperatives to refuse to implement the new policy.
Defending his decision, Levy said it was only meant to take into account the sensitivities of the Orthodox population served by those bus routes.
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