JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli court dealt a blow on Thursday to the ultra-Orthodox community's political hold over a town that has been a focus of national divisions between the Jewish state's secular majority and its religious minority.
Citing voter fraud in Beit Shemesh, a town of 80,000, a court in nearby Jerusalem cancelled the result of an October mayoral election, won by the ultra-Orthodox incumbent Moshe Abutbul, and ordered a new ballot.
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