Tel-Chai Nation

Some history given about the disturbing situation that's been commonplace in ultra-Orthodox enclaves in Jerusalem and elsewhere that's all but turned them into no-go zones like Muslim enclaves, and is costing taxpayers tons of money as a result of the violence committed over petty issues:

Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox enclaves are home to tens of thousands of Haredi Jews who live in crowded conditions, poverty, and a distinct lack of official Israeli presence.

These nearly separate enclaves within the capital city, are concentrated into three main neighborhoods - Mea She'arim, Geula, and the Bukharim quarters of West Jerusalem.

Most of the residents belong to extremists factions of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. Some of them refrain from using state-funded services out of principle, while others refuse to receive rations and stipends and strictly abide by rigid religious guidelines of modesty and gender segregation.

When so many could belong to the worst of cults, it's no wonder the situation could be such a fiasco ripe for more of the same.

Just last Saturday evening, an store belonging to an optics chain in a major intgersection outside two of the neighborhoods, was vandalized because it exhibited a picture of a woman.

On which note, many of these type of extremists have blame to shoulder for leading to the terrible situation seen in the USA and Britain now, where you have homosexual/transsexual extremists erasing women out of misogynist contempt for the fairer sex. And these Haredi extremists will doubtlessly never apologize for the severe damage they've led to.

Isarel is not effectively the sovereign body in these neighborhoods, and this has been the reality for decades. Police vehicles, municipality cars, firefighters, and essentially all outsiders, are greeted with resistance, and often violence, upon entering those areas.

Violent protests often break out over matters such as modesty, Israeli conscription law or infrastructure work that is seen by the local residents as a violation of Jewish graves.

Something tells me not all the alleged discoveries of Jewish graves are actually fact, and it could be the Haredi gurus were telling their subjects lies as an excuse for violence. Either way, it's disrespectful to ancient Israelites whenever they do that.

The light rail train has been under construction, and subject to ultra-Orthodox demonstrations for over two years,costing the e company overlooking the project, hundreds of millions of shekels as well as some major scheduling delays.

Vehicles set on fire and destroyed fences are common occurrences. The police has tried to protect the construction sites by providing the company with security personnel, but have not been successful in putting a halt to the recurring vandalism.

Last week, a mother of 11 was seriously hurt when hit by a burning trash container that was pushed down the road by the rioters, when she was on her way to the grocery store.

That violence came after two men were arrested for burning a store selling mobile phone devices, which are prohibited for use by the religious authorities governing these groups.

Local residents explained that this kind of protest is not uncommon. "Ask an average Haredi person and he will tell you that in the past years it has become terrifying to walk here," says a Geula resident.

"One time its a mobile phone store, another time its an arrest of deserter from the IDF, and another time its just bored youths who have time on a Friday night . The bottom line - there is no law and there is no one maintaining order."

Another resident admitted that the problem is that the residents of those neighborhoods have autonomy to do whatever they want. "The police won't tell you this, but they're scared to enter," he says.

And the worst part is the residents who're more than blatantly willing to justify these atrocities:

A Haredi woman who lives in Mea She'arim, claims that the police does more harm than good. "We prefer they don't come in here, and that way no accidents could happen.

"We want them to leave us alone and let us live by the way of the Torah without the rules of the Zionist state. We know how to solve our problems on our own, and we have no interest in the government educating us on how to act," she says.

But they're not actually honoring the Torah, or they'd recognize it doesn't condone acts of violence over trivial matters, and doesn't condone even accidental assaults on innocent bystanders. The way they exploit the Torah/Bible to justify their horrific behavior is disgusting, and is practically a violation of the 10 Commandments' objection to using God's name in vain.

In a related subject, a grocery in Mea Shearim's banning women from attending at certain hours:

A grocery store in the Haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem has begun banning women from entering the store on Fridays and the eve of holidays after 11:00 a.m., according to local news outlet Mynet.

A sign placed on the entrance of the store reads "in light of the request of the rabbis of the neighborhood and a large number of our customers, we announce to all our customers the establishment of special times for women and men."

According to the sign, the separate times for men and women began in October and were first announced a few years ago, although the public did not follow the rules set by the announcement up until now.

It makes no difference what they're doing now, it's throughly unacceptable at any time.

Now, just as appalling, the family of the woman who was injured by the dumpster set on fire is defending the culprits:

The family of a woman who was hit and seriously injured by a blazing dumpster sent rolling down a street by Haredi extremists during demonstrations in Jerusalem last week has defended those responsible, saying they meant to block a road and “did not mean to kill anyone.”

While Mirel Dzalovsky, a 40-year-old mother of 10, remains unconscious and on a ventilator at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, her relatives said the rioters “did something awful” but stressed that they were not looking for someone to blame.

“They were not trying to harm anyone. They were trying to block a street as part of a protest,” the family told Channel 12.

They may be saying this because they fear retaliations, but it still makes no difference. This does a terrible disfavor to victims of violence, and the hoodlums shouldn't have been doing this in the first place.

The family clarified that “nobody thinks that what they did was right. They did something very bad. But at the end of the day, they only meant to move a dumpster and block a road, not kill anyone.

“They didn’t stop to think for a moment what their actions could lead to. And it shouldn’t have been done, but we’re in terrible pain seeing this lead to a discourse of hate,” the statement read.

The family added that it bore “no hard feelings toward anyone.”

“We are certain that [the culprits] are having a hard time sleeping because of this difficult incident,” the family said. “Please help us spread love and don’t harass us with words of hatred and separatism.”

But what if they're not losing any sleep over their crime? Unfortunately, there's only so much harm that's occurred over the years, which many of the hoodlums guilty of don't seem to regret at all, and that's exactly why serious action must be taken to reeducate the residents of these enclaves.

Labels: haredi corruption, Israel, Jerusalem, misogyny, Moonbattery