Tel-Chai Nation

Extremists in the Mea Shearim enclave set a terrible example again with regards to the army:

Rocks were thrown at two soldiers distributing food in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem earlier Tuesday, the military said. Later, dozens of residents took part in a protest and eight of them were arrested.

The troops were not injured, though damage was caused to the vehicle they were driving, with the car windshield smashed by rocks. The military said police were investigating the incident.

“Police forces are conducting searches to find the suspects,” police said in a statement, adding that rocks, eggs and other objects were thrown at the troops as they drove through the neighborhood, police said.

In a statement, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi denounced the attack on the troops.

“This was a violent, criminal act, which deserves total condemnation. The fact that IDF soldiers who were assisting the local government and citizens distribute food were violently attacked by residents of Mea Shearim is very serious and requires denunciation, thorough treatment and soul-searching,” Kohavi said.

“The IDF will continue to assist in the national effort as much as it is asked,” he added.

The army brings food for the needy, and how do the thugs thank them? With obscene violence, plain and simple.

Later Tuesday, dozens of residents of the neighborhood demonstrated and eight people were arrested for disturbing the peace, police said.

The incidents came after a clip of a police officer shoving a Haredi man to the ground in Mea Shearim Jerusalem began circulating in several prominent ultra-Orthodox WhatsApp groups under the caption, “this is not Auschwitz, it is Mea Shearim.”

Oh, and I guess the man in question wasn't breaking the law, as we're bound to find out? Either way, those who stooped to rioting were not going about it the right way, and I've got a feeling that, if Islamofascists had shoved the man to the ground, the reaction would've been next to nonexistent.

On Sunday, police also clashed with stone-throwing ultra-Orthodox men and youths in Mea Shearim who were protesting against the coronavirus restrictions. Five demonstrators were arrested.

Police said “several dozen people” took part, “breaking the peace and throwing stones at police,” adding that police “repelled the demonstrators.”

The protest came despite the government easing some restrictions and just hours before a closure on Jerusalem neighborhoods expired.

In video from the scene, police in riot gear can be seen charging at a group of protesters sitting in a main intersection and blocking the road. They overpowered the protesters and led them away as onlookers screamed at police.

I think all the offenders should leave the country as soon as the Corona pandemic is over. Some will never change unless reeducated properly.

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