Jerusalem Municipality fines activists for protest signs against vandalism of women's images

The activists hung the signs in locations where advertisements had previously been defaced. Recently, an advertising company at the city's light-rail stations instructed advertisers not to display figures of women near ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods

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The activists hung the signs in locations where advertisements had previously been defaced. Recently, an advertising company at the city's light-rail stations instructed advertisers not to display figures of women near ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods

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Yael Freidson

12:46 AM • June 20 2026 IDT

Jerusalem Municipality fined activists on Friday who hung protest signs against the exclusion of women at a light-rail station in the city. The activists are students who organized in recent weeks to act against the vandalism of signs featuring images of women, a phenomenon that has become widespread in the city.

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