Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsThe activists hung the signs in locations where advertisements had previously been defaced. Recently, an advertising company at the city's light-rail stations instructed advertisers not to display figures of women near ultra-Orthodox neighborhoodsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeYael Freidson12:46 AM • June 20 2026 IDTJerusalem Municipality fined activists on Friday who hung protest signs against the exclusion of women at a light-rail station in the city. The activists are students who organized in recent weeks to act against the vandalism of signs featuring images of women, a phenomenon that has become widespread in the city. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel protestHaredim Israeli politicsJerusalemWomen's rightsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-Iran DealIsrael ElectionsGaza Cease-fireJD VancePayoneerHaQuizHaaretz PodcastActivists Fined for Protest Signs Against Vandalism of Women's ImagesTwo Men Shot Dead on Golan Heights in Suspected Criminal IncidentIsraeli Border Police Officer Convicted of Assaulting Palestinian JournalistShin Bet and IDF Planned to Warn Netanyahu Before Oct. 7. Mossad Head RefusedReport: Netanyahu 'Likely' to Sabotage Iran Deal, U.S. Officials Tell TrumpRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change That