Violent confrontations erupted Monday afternoon between hundreds of parents of students at a religious school for girls in Beit Shemesh and a group of ultra-Orthodox protesters, who ... object to the presence of the girls in the area[.] The girls ... were relocated due to the protest. Last week, Beit Shemesh Mayor Moshe Abutbul ... received serious threats from ultra-Orthodox residents of the city, who vowed to cause physical harm to both to the mayor and the students should the school open as planned.
Parents object when school for girls shut down; female students threatened
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