{"id":525468,"date":"2026-07-04T21:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T21:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/525468\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T21:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T21:57:08","slug":"jerusalem-haredi-protest-targets-jerusalem-cafe-over-sabbath-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/525468\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem: Haredi protest targets Jerusalem caf\u00e9 over Sabbath operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">A newly opened caf\u00e9 in central Jerusalem became the scene of repeated protests on Saturday after dozens of Haredi demonstrators gathered outside to oppose its decision to operate on the Sabbath.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">The protests targeted Basimta caf\u00e9, which opened about a month ago on Agrippas Street. According to staff, demonstrators arrived in four separate waves throughout the day, chanting outside the venue and attempting to discourage customers from entering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" album=\"true\" data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Lior, the shift manager, told Channel 12 that one protester overturned a table during the demonstrations. &#8220;There were four waves of dozens of Haredi men from the morning onward who tried to deter customers,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">As videos of the protests spread across social media, residents began arriving at the caf\u00e9 to express support for the business, according to staff.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">Caf\u00e9 owner Yoel Ben-David said he tried to engage with the protesters in conversation, arguing that the business does not create a disturbance for the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p data-v-5c642528=\"\" data-v-45890e8d-s=\"\">&#8220;There are no loudspeakers outside, and the caf\u00e9 is located inside an alley,&#8221; Ben-David said. &#8220;We&#8217;re not disturbing anyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A newly opened caf\u00e9 in central Jerusalem became the scene of repeated protests on Saturday after dozens of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":525469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11071,85,46,3794,43,52,124874],"class_list":["post-525468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-haredim","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jerusalem","tag-news","tag-protests","tag-shabbat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/525469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}