Billboards with images of women vandalized in Ashdod
Storefronts displaying female mannequins also painted over in southern city; police launch investigation into the vandalism
Billboards bearing images of women and storefronts displaying female mannequins were found vandalized Tuesday in the southern city of Ashdod.
Pictures from the city showed paint splattered on a billboard for a Chinese retailer, as well as shop windows that had been painted white to cover the mannequins.
Police were investigating who was behind the vandalism, according to the Kan public broadcaster.
“We must bring to justice whoever does an act of vandalism and takes the law into his hands,” acting mayor Avi Amsalem was quoted saying by Kan.
המשטרה חוקרת מי משחית חלונות ראווה באשדוד בהן מוצגות בובות נשים ושלטי חוצות בהן מופיעות תמונות נשים. הבובות והתמונות הוצגו בלבוש מלא. מ"מ ראש עיריית אשדוד אבי אמסלם: "חייבים למצות את הדין עם מי שעושה מעשה ונדליזם ולוקח את החוק לידיים@pozailov1 (צילום: אשדודנט) pic.twitter.com/0DX2hrub1X
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) December 3, 2019
Some ultra-Orthodox Jews object to photos of women in public places or media on grounds of modesty. For decades there have been repeated incidents of posters featuring women defaced in Jerusalem and other cities.
Ashdod has seen tensions between ultra-Orthodox and other residents of the city in recent years over issues such as the operating of businesses on Shabbat.
The Times of Israel Community.