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It won't shock me if one day, we'll find out the gurus behind the specific hoodlums and vandals who committed these latest atrocities were working as foreign agents for causing disorder in Israel and to undermine Netanyahu's government. For now, here's the latest abominable behavior committed by Haredi extremists:

Police forces clashed with haredi (ultra-Orthodox) rioters in Mea Shearim in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, police reported.

Rioters, opposing police efforts to enforce coronavirus lockdown restrictions, reportedly threw rocks at moving vehicles, blocked roads with garbage dumpsters and caused damage to a bus.

Police forces were dispatched to the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood and are working to disperse the gathering and restore public order to the area.

Several rioters were recorded clashing with the officers while trying to prevent them from enforcing lockdown guidelines.

A water cannon was reportedly deployed to the scene by police as a means of dispersal and eight individuals have been arrested so far.

Similar riots were also reported Tuesday in Beit Shemesh, with hundreds of participants assaulting police officers by throwing rocks and eggs at them. Three suspects were reportedly detained.

If you think that's bad enough, however, you haven't considered the horror story the rioters scripted at the light railway when they attacked a train unit:

CityPass, which operates the Jerusalem light rail, said Tuesday that cement poured on the rails during an ultra-Orthodox protest earlier in the week could have caused a train to overturn with people inside it.

A demonstration by ultra-Orthodox protesters against a new route of the service turned violent Sunday night, with demonstrators clashing with police, smashing windows of a train, daubing it with black paint, and pouring cement on the tracks.

Ten protesters were arrested during the protests and police were searching for those who damaged the rails. Police, who brought in water cannon to disperse the crowds, said one officer was injured by a stone and required medical treatment. A reporter for the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper was also injured by a stone flung at him and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Passengers who were on the train, which was standing at a stop on Shivtei Yisrael Street, fled as a mob attacked carriages causing significant damage.

Train services were delayed until the cement was removed.

The demonstration by the ultra-Orthodox, also known as Haredim, was over new routes of the city’s light rail network that are planned to go through their insular neighborhoods.

“This is very dangerous damage that could have caused the train to come off the tracks and even turn over, with passengers inside it,” CityPass said in its statement.

CityPass said it strongly condemns the attack and the vandals who endangered passengers and called on the police “to bring to justice the rioters whose grave acts endangered their lives.”

A spokesperson stressed that while the company has become accustomed to damage to trains from protesters, interfering with the rails was taking the violence to a much more serious and dangerous level.

On which note: if they could do something that horrific, what are the chances that one day, unless proper reeducational steps are taken, these ultra-Orthodox tribalists will start attacking with guns and knives? Some of the acts they've performed in the past few weeks are so disturbing, it's entirely understandable if authorities feel threatened. They have been condemned by a prominent Haredi rabbi though:

The violence drew broad condemnation, including from Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, one of Israel’s two chief rabbis, who called the perpetrator’s “young delinquents” and “rioters” who are “desecrating God’s name,” while urging the Haredi community to renounce them.

Definitely, this is a desecration of God. But it's not enough to simply condemn them without naming specific cults, if they know who they are. The Satmar and Neturei Karta, for example, if guilty of the acts, must be publicly named and shamed, and steps must be taken to sanction them. Yosef is going to have to do just this himself, whether he likes it or not. Meanwhile, some rioters have been arrested:

Ten suspects were arrested by police since Monday night in Jerusalem in relation to the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) riots surrounding coronavirus lockdown, police reported on Tuesday morning.

The riots in Jerusalem included hundreds of ultra-Orthodox participants, protesting the enforcement of lockdown restrictions and included "burning garbage cans and rolling them over to the road, throwing stones at police forces and bystanders and damaging road infrastructure, as well as a police vehicle and a fire truck," the police statement noted.

One police officer and a journalist were injured during the riots and received medical treatment on the scene. The suspects arrested by police were taken in for questioning.

Since we're on the subject, it's also vital to note that there were Islamists in the Shuafat neighborhood who also caused serious problems:

Eighteen suspects were arrested for rioting, throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at security forces in the Shuafat neighborhood in Jerusalem.

The suspects, 13 minors aged 13-17 and five others aged 18-27, were seized for questioning by the Border Police, according to Maariv.

I wouldn't be shocked if they were doing it for almost the same excuses as the Haredis have been, to "protest" the Coronavirus lockdown, and even they haven't been acting very responsibly when it comes to the Covid19 situation. One of the most angering things about the Haredi riots is that they take away attention from the threat of Islamofascism that's still lurking out there. And the worst part is many of the Haredi extremists doubtlessly want that to be the case. This is exactly why any religious sect with insular customs cannot be viewed as valid.

Update: there was also a horrific incident in Bnei Brak where a bus was arsonized and the driver thankfully managed to escape without injury. This specific incident, apparently committed by followers of the extremist Jerusalem Faction, should be regarded as an act of terrorism.

Update 2: in this report, the driver makes it all the more clearer what this abominable attack on the vehicle was:

"This was nothing short of a terrorist attack. I was stunned – what is happening to people? This mob wanted to take out its rage on my passengers and me. We barely escaped with our lives. This could have ended with a disaster," he said.

Absolutely correct. Those who committed the heinous act must be imprisoned and undergo serious psychiatric evaluation, and deprogramming. In the meantime, the bus company should not service Bnei Brak if their leaders are going to act as apologists for this horrific behavior.

Update 3: here's another report about a bus that was vandalized in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood.

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