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Orthodox Jewish demonstrators protest

Across 42nd Street from the freelance anti-Israel demonstrators and across the avenue from the mission, on the Northwest corner of the intersection, a protest of a few thousand Orthodox Jewish men in broad-brimmed black-hats and long black coats demonstrated against the "desecration" of graves in Israel.

They were protesting against a relocation of ancient graves in southern city of Ashkelon to make way for construction of a hospital emergency room. The demonstrators believe the graves are Jewish bones that should not be moved.

The demonstration prepared more than a week in advance, a police offer told Xinhua, was complete with mammoth video screen and a booming sound system that relayed speakers' remarks for four blocks up Second Avenue, where hundreds of the demonstrators lined the west side of the avenue.

Across 42nd Street from the freelance anti-Israel demonstrators and across the avenue from the mission, on the Northwest corner of the intersection, a protest of a few thousand Orthodox Jewish men in broad-brimmed black-hats and long black coats demonstrated against the "desecration" of graves in Israel.

They were protesting against a relocation of ancient graves in southern city of Ashkelon to make way for construction of a hospital emergency room. The demonstrators believe the graves are Jewish bones that should not be moved.

The demonstration prepared more than a week in advance, a police offer told Xinhua, was complete with mammoth video screen and a booming sound system that relayed speakers' remarks for four blocks up Second Avenue, where hundreds of the demonstrators lined the west side of the avenue.

True Torah Jews sponsored the demonstration, highlighted by a phalanx of young men in traditional garb topped by sack cloth, carrying empty, black-draped, simulated coffins and chanting in Hebrew.