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| Israel set for school row protest | Israel set for school row protest |
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| The protesters resent state interference in their religious affairs | |
| Thousands of Israeli police have been deployed in Jerusalem ahead of planned protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews who are angry about a school segregation row. | Thousands of Israeli police have been deployed in Jerusalem ahead of planned protests by ultra-Orthodox Jews who are angry about a school segregation row. |
| Some 80 Ashkenazi parents face jail for defying a court ruling that forces them to send their daughters to school with Sephardi girls of Middle East origin. | Some 80 Ashkenazi parents face jail for defying a court ruling that forces them to send their daughters to school with Sephardi girls of Middle East origin. |
| The Ashkenazi parents, who are of European descent, want segregated classrooms because they say Sephardi families are not religious enough. | The Ashkenazi parents, who are of European descent, want segregated classrooms because they say Sephardi families are not religious enough. |
| Two mass rallies are planned for today. | Two mass rallies are planned for today. |
| Planned march | Planned march |
| Some 10,000 police officers have been mobilised ahead of the demonstrations by supporters of the parents. | Some 10,000 police officers have been mobilised ahead of the demonstrations by supporters of the parents. |
| The families come from a strictly observant sect of Hasidic Jews called Slonim, who have Ashkenazi lineage. | The families come from a strictly observant sect of Hasidic Jews called Slonim, who have Ashkenazi lineage. |
| According to organisers of the protests, tens of thousands of people will march through the streets of Jerusalem with the 40 couples, who will hand themselves over to the police in compliance with a Supreme Court ruling. | According to organisers of the protests, tens of thousands of people will march through the streets of Jerusalem with the 40 couples, who will hand themselves over to the police in compliance with a Supreme Court ruling. |
| The parents face two weeks in jail for contempt of court. | The parents face two weeks in jail for contempt of court. |
| They have pulled their children out of Beit Yaakov girls' school in the West Bank settlement of Immanuel, and set up lessons elsewhere in the settlement. | They have pulled their children out of Beit Yaakov girls' school in the West Bank settlement of Immanuel, and set up lessons elsewhere in the settlement. |
| Another protest has been planned in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv. | Another protest has been planned in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv. |
| Religious differences | Religious differences |
| The Slonim parents say their objections are based on differences in religious observance between the Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions. | The Slonim parents say their objections are based on differences in religious observance between the Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions. |
| Yakov Litzman, an MP from the ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi party, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) told army radio there was "not a drop of racism" in the parents' decision. | Yakov Litzman, an MP from the ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi party, United Torah Judaism (UTJ) told army radio there was "not a drop of racism" in the parents' decision. |
| "There is a set of rules (in the ultra-Orthodox community). We don't want televisions in the home, there are rules of modesty, we are against the internet," Mr Litzman was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. | "There is a set of rules (in the ultra-Orthodox community). We don't want televisions in the home, there are rules of modesty, we are against the internet," Mr Litzman was quoted as saying by AFP news agency. |
| "I don't want my daughter to be educated with a girl who has a TV at home." | "I don't want my daughter to be educated with a girl who has a TV at home." |
| The court had given the parents until Wednesday to send their children back to school. They refused. | The court had given the parents until Wednesday to send their children back to school. They refused. |