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Clashes erupt between police and ultra-Orthodox Jews near Jerusalem - Telegraph8:07PM GMT 26 Dec 2011
Israeli police had stepped up their patrols in Beit Shemesh following unrest sparked by discrimination against women imposed by a radical fringe of the town's religious Jews.
Several demonstrators were taken in for questioning after police and journalists were roughed up and insulted by ultra-Orthodox men telling them to "clear off," the journalist said.
There were also shouting matches between ultra-Orthodox and secular Jews.
Beit Shemesh residents showered police and television crews with eggs and also set fire to the contents of refuse bins.
Several placards urging segregation between men and women that had been removed by police were later put back by protesters.