Following a week of drama, the court has ruled, and the planned concert in Afula will be taking place tonight – with separate seating. The ruling was a blow to the Women’s Lobby group.
The Nazareth District Court rules it the petition filed by the Shas party, calling on the court to reverse its previous decision regarding the Moti Steinmetz separate-seating concert in Afula, which is scheduled to take place in a few short hours, at 8:00PM.
In its earlier ruling, the court backed the decision of Afula City Hall, stating the city acted legally and reasonably by reaching a decision in the mater, and the court is not going to interfere in the matter. This many thought was the final blow that would lead to the cancelation of the concert in Afula. However, Deri and his Shas party led the charge to try to prevent the cancelation of the bein hazmanim concert.
The judge reportedly reprimanded the women’s rights groups and told them “You think you are doing a favor for women? You are doing the opposite to the thousands of Charieid women who wanted to watch this concert according to their traditions. You did them a disservice.”
The Shas party’s responds:
“Common sense prevailed in court today. We struggled and we were successful in ensuring that every person could live by his faith and way of life, and without coercion. We are proud and delighted that we have led the way towards achdus and life together accompanied by mutual consideration among all communities and not on the cheshbon of the various communities.
“Once again, Shas has proven it is the only one fighting on the social front throughout the entire process, with the aim of ensuring that every sector in Israeli society maintains its way of life without imposing other values on it. Shas thanks the many thousands in the Israeli public; chareidim, traditional and secular, whom have expressed their broad support for this just social struggle.
[HATERS TARGET MBD CONCERT: A Performance in Haifa by MBD Challenged by Women’s Rights Activists]
“This evening’s event in Afula is one among hundreds of events for all populations that take place during the summer, initiated by the Ministry of the Development of the Negev & the Galil headed by Minister Aryeh Deri. Shas will continue its extensive social efforts with a focus on affirmative action for disadvantaged populations and the promotion of the ‘Living with Dignity’ program for minimum wage earners and neighborhood residents”.
*****PLEASE NOTE: Make sure you are one of the more than 20,000 that signed up to YWN WhatsApp Status to receive news in live time. Click this link – or send a message to 1-888-4-YW-NEWS (888-499-6397) – to see our status posts*****
Deri is planning to be at the Afula performance tonight at 8:00PM, as his aides explained he played a big role in the initiative.
Earlier on Wednesday, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit submitted his brief pertaining to the decision of the Nazareth court regarding the planned chareidi concert in an Afula park, with separate seating. The court ruled the city’s decision banning a separate seating event will not be reversed. The city ruled separate seating is illegal because it is discriminatory.
The Shas party submitted a petition challenging the court, seeking to compel the city to permit the separate seating concert. Mandelblit submitted his opinion and feels that there is no room for his involvement as the city’s decision in the case was a reasonable one. Mandelblit added that in principle, there may be special circumstances in which a local authority can hold a separate seating event for the chareidi tzibur, but this does not have to be decided now in light of the city’s decision.
It was also clarified the Attorney General intends to require as a rule, as soon as possible, the legal standards and special circumstances by which holding separate seating events for chareidim will be permitted.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
Join the official YWN WhatsApp status
13 Responses
Sack the court. It is illegal.
The Court’s position is simple. There is no workable legal test for what uses of public facilities may be restricted to accomodate religious prefernces. Its not just a theoretical abstract to imagine that in the future, residents of a chareidi neighborhood will insist on gender segregated sidewalks and cite this case as a precedent. In an ideal world, both sides would find some compromise, by like most of these issues in EY today, the cultural polarization has left both sides dug in and unwilling to compromise.
The Zionist courts are Tziyonim Meshumadim. They are extensions of the satan. Very soon in our days they will face the Great Day of Reckoning and be no more. Now all say Amen.
These Hebrew to English news stories are very hard to read. I think YWN is large enough now to hire someone who can convert the Hebrew stories into comprehensible English.
Don’t rejoice prematurely, the Supreme oligarchal court still has time to reverse the decision.
As it has done many times in the past the Bagatz has intervened in local zoning issues etc. as a court of first or second resort instead of allowing the judicial process to play out as in normal countries.
Good. Now let those woman’s rights people rot in hell. Btw why don’t men’s rights activists also complain? The men are also being segregated.
the mamzerim get an L once again
Baruch HaShem!!!!!
Reshaim Arurim!
we are not going to follow the leftist agenda of the cuocos from America
although I do not particularly like Shas, here I will them a ‘yashar koach’ for doing the right thing and having the crappy court decision over turned.
Epic: Ron Kobi attended the show with his iphone and was disturbing. POLICE pulled him out 🙂 why YWN did not post that yet beats me
I wrote “Sack the court. It is illegal.” before the court changed their minds and before the above article was changed, so please consider how the posters comments may look contrary to their intent when you “put a stumbling block before the blind” which is an avera to do. as written in the Torah, by adding a different headline and script.
Just make a new entry and give it a different date stamp.
Anyhow, the laws in the Land Of Eretz Yisroel must must must conform to the Torah!