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(IsraelNN.com) A new plan backed by leading Hareidi religious rabbis will allow use of an Internet search engine without direct link to the Internet, Globes reported. The Hareidi religious community generally disapproves use of the Internet because of its exposure to secular material.

Neto Shops and a group named DSK have teamed up to provide the news service in an attempt to enter the huge Hareidi religious market of more than one and a half million people. The "Neto-to-Home" program allows access to articles and classified ads via free CDs, which will be supervised by rabbinic authorities.