Israel's two chief rabbis staged an unprecedented political protest Wednesday, setting up a tent outside Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office in support of a strike by rabbis over budget cuts and unpaid salaries.

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Some 3,000 rabbis launched a strike three weeks ago over a recently passed austerity package in which the religious affairs' budget was slashed from 200 million shekels (45 million dollars) in 2002 to 70 million (15 million dollars) for 2004.

The strike took an unexpected twist when Ashkenazi chief rabbi Yona Metzger and his Sephardic counterpart, Shlomo Amar, set up there tent outside Sharon's office in Jerusalem.