Israeli Livni is having to deal with the religiously insane

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080923/od_nm/us_israel_livni_religion_usodd;_ylt=AoaRZ3J4jIlcG.0Ciui60RAuQE4F


Israel's pious Jewish press shuns images of Livni


The Syrian state press has described her as a "Mossad beauty." A Palestinian cartoonist compared her to the Mona Lisa. One Canadian report called her "naturally blonde with eyes as blue as the Mediterranean."

Yet Tzipi Livni, asked by Israel's president on Monday to form a government following Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's resignation, remains largely faceless when it comes to her country's powerful ultra-Orthodox Jews, or haredim.

Citing concerns for feminine modesty, the ultra-Orthodox refuse to publish images of women in their newspapers -- a core source of information as the reclusive community generally shuns the television, Internet and most radio stations.

That poses a unique challenge for Livni, the 50-year-old foreign minister, as she tries to piece together a governing coalition and campaigns for support among ultra-Orthodox who make up an estimated 8-15 percent of Israel's population.
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the war against women goes on unabated.

and people speaking in gobbel-de-gook in my mind :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:



GOBAMA!

in Jerusalem between ultra-Orthodox men and Israeli soldiers. The men had gotten off of buses and started attacking archaeologists who were digging at a site in east Jerusalem. It was stunning. The men were screaming and yelling "Nazis!" It was nuts.

harass women whose clothing does not conform to their idea of modesty. Even women that are not members of their community. They even pressure all women to sit in the back of the buses.

A lot of secular Israelis don't always get along with the UO because of stuff like that. In addition, the OU often use an exemption for Torah and Talmud students to avoid the term of military service most other Israelis must complete.