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RSY girls arrested in Women of the Wall protest

December 14, 2012 15:25
The two British girls were arrested after participating in a Women of the Wall protest (Photo: AP)

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Sandy Rashty,

Sandy Rashty

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Two young British women have been arrested in Jerusalem after participating in a Women of the Wall religious rights protest.

The 18-year-olds, who are currently on RSY-Netzer’s Israel gap-year programme, were arrested on Friday during morning prayers at the Western Wall.

Women of the Wall protests often lead to women being arrested for praying at the site wearing a tallit.

The two teenagers on the UK-based youth movement programme were detained by Israeli authorities for disturbing the peace and later released without charge.

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