Jewish fundamentalism

Dozens of Ultra-Orthodox Jews performed prayers at an airport in Istanbul ahead of their flight to Israel.

Coming from the United States to Istanbul for a stopover before continuing onto Israel, the group performed prayers before boarding the second flight inside the international terminal building of Istanbul's Atatürk Airport on March 10, reading out passages from the Torah.

For two days in a row, haredi yeshiva students blocked Greek Orthodox Christians from entering the compound that houses both the area believed to be King David’s tomb and the area where the last supper was purportedly held. On the first day of the protest, there were hundreds of haredi protestors, though the number had dropped to only twenty on the second day.