Israel's High Court Orders Bus Company To Accept Ads of Women Candidates

In Israel, elections for mayor and City Council of Jerusalem are being held today. (Background JTA article.) Yesterday Israel's High Court of Justice, in a suit filed by the Wake Up Jerusalem movement, ruled that the Egged Bus Cooperative cannot refuse to accept election ads that portray women candidate for Council. According to Y Net News, Canaan Advertising Agency that sells advertising space at the Egged bus stops had refused to accept the posters, fearing that Ultra-Orthodox Jews would destroy the posters and the bus stop shelters on which they hung.