Tel-Chai Nation

The new Haredi mayor of Beit Shemesh is just as vulnerable to attacks by ultra-Orthodox extremists as anybody else:

The Beit Shemesh municipality on Thursday released footage of a mob attack on Mayor Shmuel Greenberg’s home, which took place last Wednesday evening, with dozens of ultra-Orthodox rioters breaking down the gates, throwing stones and causing damage to the house’s electrical system.

Greenberg and his family were not present during the attack, which took place during the intermediate days of the Sukkot holiday. In a statement accompanying the footage released on Thursday, the municipality said that dozens of rioters broke the electrical cabinet and security cameras and used iron rods to damage the mayor’s sukkah.

“This is a brutal, boundless act that has nothing to do with public protest but with violence for its own sake,” Greenberg, a member of the Haredi Degel Hatorah party, said in a statement. “We will not be deterred by threats and will not give in to violence. We will continue to manage the city responsibly, with determination and great love for its residents. Violence will not win.” [...]

The Haaretz daily linked the attack to the municipality’s recent demolition of a synagogue linked to an extremist sect that violated building codes.

Even in Bnei Brak, there's buildings that weren't built with the proper requirements. And these Haredi extremists attacking other people who practice the same lifestyle isn't new either, but it's definitely chilling, and the damage they've caused is definitely offensive too. If authorities are willing to put an end to this, they have to arrest all possible cultists, confiscate their homes, break up the sects, jail their members and fine them. But chances are the leftist courts won't mete out proper rulings, tragically enough.

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