Jerusalem – For the first time on ever a haredi man has been indicted for physically attacking a haredi IDF soldier after charges were issued against Aharon Tzvi Korlandski on Tuesday by the State Attorney’s Office in Jerusalem.
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According to the indictment, Korlandski, 34, verbally and then physically attacked the haredi soldier, referred to in the indictment as P.M., while both men were attending the evening prayer service in a synagogue in the haredi neighborhood of Ezra in Jerusalem on August 20.
He has been charged on one count of attacking a public official, one count of insulting a public official, and one count of interfering with a police officer while carrying out his duties.
P.M., who is serving in the IDF’s Shahar program for haredi soldiers, was wearing his IDF uniform when he went to the synagogue. When Korlandski arrived at the prayer service he noticed P.M. and began shouting “hardak, hardak, get out of here now, take off your yarmulke, what are you praying here for?,” while also inciting other worshipers against the soldier,
Hardak is a derogatory term meaning “simple-minded haredi,” and was coined by haredi extremist groups who have waged a fierce campaign of incitement against haredi soldiers and anyone involved in encouraging or recruiting haredi men to enlist to the IDF.
Several other worshipers joined with Korlandski in shouting “hardak” at P.M., one of whom tried to photograph him with their cell phone, who requested several times that he not do so.
Korlandski subsequently approached P.M. and began punching him in the chest and tried to grab his beret off his shoulder. When P.M.’s father tried to intervene, he too was punched and hit in the chest and arm.
Another worshiper, Eliezer Goldis, attempted to intervene and help P.M. and his father. The police were alerted to the altercation and once Korlandski became aware of this he fled the scene.
He was arrested on August 24 and has been in police custody since that date. While in detention Korlandski has been verbally aggressive and physically attacked some of the prison officials.
At various times during his incarceration, Korlandski called different police officials “a nothing, an imbecile,” “Satan,” “Nazis,” and “the police of Amalek,” a reference to the ancient enemy of the Israelites as recorded by the Bible, while also expressing the hope at one stage that “if only ISIS would come to the state and wipe them out.”
The IDF said in response that it was “doing everything necessary to protect its haredi soldiers and to enable them to serve with honor while continuing their haredi lifestyle and faith.”
The so-called “hardak campaign” has been waged by haredi extremists who fiercely oppose haredi men serving in the IDF.
It takes the form of posters, pamphlets and booklets bearing cartoons and other images which strongly incite against haredi officials involved in promoting IDF service, routinely depicting such people as pigs and malign elements attempting to corrupt haredi youth.
In July, a booklet containing the names, photos and contact details of senior figures in the haredi community who promote enlistment was published by extremists as part of their efforts to harass and delegitimize haredi enlistment and those who are advancing it.
this guy is mentally disturbed, that said until the Israeli government takes on JEWISH and not Marxist values no Jew should go to this Hellenist government that hates Torah and Yahudit but loves Islam.
What chutzpah! A frum chayal insulted by a shtik drek! If the defendant is convicted by a court of law (whose jurisdiction he probably will deny), may he spend many Yom Tovim in jail contemplating his profound stupidity and lack of hakoras ha-tov for those who protect him!
Korlandski is BOOSHA to the human race.
Lock him up and throw away the keys.
Chareidim dont mind chareidi solders, as long as they are Sephardic, and they put their life on the line protecting them , and the chareidi settlements Beitar, Kiryat Sefer etc.
A BOOOSHA shame is the hellenist government that hates Torah. Raising a generation of tattood bums marching in gay parades and violating shabbos.
Let Golani teach him a lesson
Professor-while I share your outrage, it should make no difference to us if the chayal is frum, chiloni or aino yehudi. Someone who protects the people and land of Israel is deserving of our gratitude and respect.
some people believe that in behaving like animals they are righteous saints. but obvious to most they are really behaving like animals.
serving in the IDF has little to do with one’s observance of mitzvos or belief in HaShem. Instead of worshiping the ‘frum dress’ and belittling any divergence, people should, especially now in Elul. be contemplating if they are as close to HaShem as they can get and how can they get closer.
Last time I checked the Torah (right there in Parshas Shemos) one who raises a hand to a fellow Jew is a RASHA. Simple as that, no need to be meayen.
Do you enjoy visiting the mekomos kedoshim in Eretz Yisrael? Do you enjoy visiting your relatives in Beitar? Do you feel close to Hashem davening neitz minyan at the Kotel? Do you enjoy a Yerushalayim that is a modern built up city? Well, then you need to show hakoras hatov to the people who make the mekomos kedoshim safe for you. Do you study Torah? Then you know that going out to war to protect Eretz Yisrael is a major mitzvah: ki teitzei lamilchama al oyveicha means just that, the mitzvah of going out to fight Israel’s enemies. The IDF is performing this mitzvah. Those who try to get out of serving in the army are failing to perform this great mitzvah. And those who have the chutzpa to attack a Jewish soldier are menuvalim, idiots who attack their brothers who give their lives for them. I vote that any chareidi who attacks a Jewish soldier be sent immediately to live in Gaza or Syria. .
I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again. If you believe that the only thing that keeps Israel safe is sitting and learning, then go sit and learn in Gaza. Your learning will keep the rockets from being launched, and when they are launched, will save the people they are targeting. You will be safe because you are learning. No need for the Iron Dome or any weapons. Let’s see if that works.
Where is -das toire- on this subject?-Do these protesters ask a talmid chachem before acting out?