After significant pressure, an Israeli bus company ended a discriminatory policy to remove pictures of women from bus ads when traveling through ultra-Orthodox areas.

IRAC and the Israel Women’s Network are fighting back against attempts to keep women out of the public eye in religious municipalities like Bnei Brak.

This law, passed narrowly in the Knesset on Monday, marks a setback for religious freedom in Israel.

Bitan says that there are more progressives within the ultra-Orthodox community, particularly when it comes to the two-state solution.