As members of the Jerusalem Religious Council completed work on the eruv in the southwestern areas of Yerushalayim, workers simultaneously removed 80 �pirate poles� that were placed in a number of areas without authorization.
City officials are calling on residents not to permit themselves to be dragged into the conflict by �extremists� on either side, pointing out the setting in place or removal of eruv poles independently is a violation of the law. Residents are urged to telephone the city�s 106 number and to report any poles set in place or removed without authorization.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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Whooda thunk a Jewish government in Jerusalem would devote itself, after two millennia of exile, to literally tearing down its eruv?
Truth is stranger than fiction. Stranger, and, in this case, sadder.