Ashdod, Israel – Israeli Defense Minister Denounces Attacks On IDF Officers By Haredi Youths

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    Jerusalem – Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has denounced riots late Monday night in which several dozen haredi youths rioted against a team of military police in Ashdod which was seeking to arrest a haredi man who had failed to report to IDF enlistment offices when called.

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    Large numbers of young haredi men gathered in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in the city in order to prevent the military police from gaining access to the intended location. At one stage a military police vehicle was overturned by the rioters.

    Larger police forces were sent to the scene to rescue the military police personnel and to disperse the rioters. Several police vehicles were lightly damaged by stones thrown at them during the operation although no injuries were reported.

    The individual sought by the military police was not found.

    “The violent attacks last night against IDF soldiers who were carrying out their duties in Ashdod, and against police personnel called to assist them is intolerable and requires a hard line to be taken against the rioters,” Yaalon said on his Facebook page.

    “We must not be tolerant of an extremist minority and of law breakers which lift up their hands against IDF soldiers, or who are violent in general. They must be punished severely.”

    Yaalon said he expected haredi leaders to condemn the incident.

    A spokesperson for the Lachish police force said that it viewed the incident as extremely serious and that all efforts would be made to identify those involved in it and to bring them to justice.

    A similar incident took place in the Givat Mordechai neighborhood of Jerusalem but large numbers of haredi men who flocked to the area prevented the military police from locating and arresting the wanted individuals.

    The Yesh Atid party condemned the rioters and their lack of adherence to the law.

    “Disobeying the law while using violence against law enforcement personnel is dangerous and must not be enabled,” the party said in a statement to the press. “All means must be


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    kenyaninwhitehouse
    kenyaninwhitehouse
    8 years ago

    oy vey now the Zionists have more Yiddisha children to torture. I don’t understand why anybody goes to the army over the beis medrash as the army is dangerous and one can get killed.

    achassidisheyid
    achassidisheyid
    8 years ago

    Why are these hooligan-mazikim described as ‘Chareidi Youth”? They obviously have not even mastered Seder Nezikin. Perhaps they dress as Chareidim, but as a wise man named R. Meir once said, Ain mistalkin bakankan, ella ma sheyesh boi.

    Mendel32
    Mendel32
    8 years ago

    What a חילול השם!! If this is what בני תורה do, then what can you expect from the others?

    MayerAlter
    MayerAlter
    8 years ago

    When the Cossacks came to steal pure yiddishe neshomas for their army, did everyone just stand back and let them steal our children? Is that what is being suggested we do now?

    SammyPos
    SammyPos
    8 years ago

    So Texas Joe #9 , seems like you also make mistakes! Read your post again! Although a valid point.