(17 Jul 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Mid of ultra-orthodox woman suspected of starving her three-year-old son entering court
2. Zoom out from lawyers inside court to grandmother of the child, covering her face
3. Mid of mother of the suspect and her mother-in-law sitting inside court while hiding their faces
4. Tilt up from Bible to relatives praying inside court
5. Mid of people who came to watch leaving court
6. Close of mother covering her face with her hands leaving court, while journalists take pictures
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Reuven Bar-Haim, mother's lawyer:
"I think that it is a judge decision, based on law, and that it was not a decision which was given because of the judge was frightened from something."
8. Wide of street with burning rubbish
9. Close of burning rubbish
10. Wide of protesters blocking road in distance
11. Mid of policemen on road
12. Various of burning rubbish
13. Policemen and pedestrians on street
14. Wide of ultra-orthodox man walking near burning rubbish
STORYLINE:
A judge in Jerusalem and leaders of the city's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community agreed on Friday to a compromise aimed at ending days of rioting by religious protesters, Israeli police said.
The protesters have been enraged at the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic woman who authorities say was starving her child. The insular ultra-Orthodox community resents outside interference in its affairs.
Reuven Bar-Haim, the mother's lawyer said he was satisfied with the decision, which he said was based on law.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said police agreed to release the woman into the custody of a local rabbi, on condition she undergo psychiatric evaluation and post bail of 400,000 shekels (100,000 US dollars).
She was also forbidden from seeing her other four children pending the outcome of tests, he added.
The compromise is expected to cool tempers somewhat ahead of the Jewish Sabbath, which begins at sundown on Friday.
But Rosenfeld said there will still be a large police presence in and around Jerusalem over the weekend in case of any escalation in violence.
Tensions between authorities and ultra-Orthodox Jews, who make up a third of Jerusalem's residents, have been high since voters replaced an ultra-Orthodox mayor with a secular candidate in a November election.
In recent weeks, ultra-Orthodox Jews and authorities have clashed repeatedly over a decision by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat to open a municipal parking lot on the Sabbath. Ultra-Orthodox Jews oppose the idea because driving is forbidden on the Sabbath.
The clashes have been the city's worst in years, with security forces armed with water cannon and backed by mounted units battling through the night against protesters hurling bricks and bottles and blocking main thoroughfares with piles of garbage.
Some small riots took place in the ultra-orthodox neighbourhoods of Jerusalem during the hearing, but police expected the situation to calm down following the decision.
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