FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.6.0_04"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_04-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 10.0-b19, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

EXTRA RELEVANT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION :
Default charset on this machine: german

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
In Swing hebrew diacriticals are shown next to normal letters. They should appear on the normal letters.

It works correctly unter jre 5.0 update 0. but not unter jre 5.0 update 14.

the Version of the JRE working correctly was:

java version "1.5.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0-b64)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0-b64, mixed mode)


STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Show the string \05d0\05b2 in a swing JTextField-Component.

EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
The character "\05b2" should be at the same position as "\05d0".
ACTUAL -
The character "\05b2" is shown next to the character "\05d0".

REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.

Release Regression From : 5.0
The above release value was the last known release where this
bug was not reproducible. Since then there has been a regression.