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Article: Beit Shemesh 'Casbah' on edge over controversial modesty demonstrations. Police chief Oz Elyasi accused of exacerbating situation. Haredi resident: This place is a ticking bomb
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- July 15, 2007
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MATTHEW WAGNER
Jerusalem Post
07-15-2007
Headline: Beit Shemesh 'Casbah' on edge over controversial modesty demonstrations. Police chief Oz Elyasi accused of exacerbating situation. Haredi resident: This place is a ticking bomb
Byline: MATTHEW WAGNER
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 05
Sunday, July 15, 2007 -- "This place is a ticking bomb," said the dark-skinned, clean shaven man sitting Thursday evening in a barber shop on the corner of Yehuda Hanasi and Nahar Yarden streets, in Beit Shemesh's most virulently ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.
"And it's going to blow up soon."
All the men in the barber shop looked out the window worriedly at what is known by the locals as "the Casbah" - the ...