Two policemen were injured here yesterday in a clash with ultra-orthodox zealots who demonstrated against Sabbath traffic through the Meah Shearim quarter of the city. Seven zealots were arrested in the melee, including one American who was identified as Hersh Leib Gansfried, a 21-year-old student at the Visnitza Yeshiva in Bnei Brak.
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