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Bridge demolition update

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NO, not the Mughrabi Gate Bridge, the other one:
Bridge at Rabbi Bar Yochai’s grave demolished without protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews

Some 100 policemen guard operation, fearing violent ultra-Orthodox protests; bridge was built illegally.


By Eli Ashkenazi Tags: Jewish World Orthodox Jews

A bridge built illegally at the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai was demolished without incident on Thursday.

Some 100 policemen came to guard the operation, fearing violent ultra-Orthodox protests, but no demonstrators showed up and the demolition was completed in an hour.

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That wasn't so bad. Background here.

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