Jerusalem - Mayor Barkat Orders Civil Suits Against Charedim

Jerusalem - Mayor Nir Barkat instructed the city's legal counsel to file civil lawsuits against ultra-Orthodox residents following the violent haredi riots in the capital. Last week the mayor suspended all municipal services to the haredi neighborhoods Geula and Mea Shearim in light of the protests. After the particularly stormy and violent week, the city's treasury department estimated that...