RELATED:Gender segregation barriers in Mea She'arim removed Hearing on haredi gender-separated buses continues The High Court of Justice on Tuesday permitted the march over police objections, but ruled that it must end before reaching Kikar Hashabbat, at the heart of Mea She'arim.During the hearing, the court also extracted a formal statement by the state’s attorney, Osnat Mandel, to the effect that “the state agrees that in an obviously public area such as city streets, it is prohibited to separate on the basis of gender.”The court heard two petitions on Tuesday, one by municipal councilors Rachel Azarya and Laura Verton and the Jerusalem Movement, and the other by the Jerusalem branch of the campus organization, Aleh, the Meretz Party and its representatives in the Jerusalem City Council.JPOST.COM STAFF contributed to this report.
Dozens march in J'lem to protest gender segregation
About 50 men, women walk towards Mea She'arim neighborhood amongst a heavy police presence; no violence, friction reported.
RELATED:Gender segregation barriers in Mea She'arim removed Hearing on haredi gender-separated buses continues The High Court of Justice on Tuesday permitted the march over police objections, but ruled that it must end before reaching Kikar Hashabbat, at the heart of Mea She'arim.During the hearing, the court also extracted a formal statement by the state’s attorney, Osnat Mandel, to the effect that “the state agrees that in an obviously public area such as city streets, it is prohibited to separate on the basis of gender.”The court heard two petitions on Tuesday, one by municipal councilors Rachel Azarya and Laura Verton and the Jerusalem Movement, and the other by the Jerusalem branch of the campus organization, Aleh, the Meretz Party and its representatives in the Jerusalem City Council.JPOST.COM STAFF contributed to this report.