Jerusalem – Man in extremist ultra-Orthodox group is nabbed on suspicion of vandalism, assaulting police officer and causing public disturbance.
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Yosef Meir Hazan, a member of the Sikrikim (Sicarii) extremist ultra-Orthodox group, was arrested this week in the capital’s Geula neighborhood as part of a special operation by the Jerusalem Police.
According to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, Hazan was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of causing public disturbances, damaging property and assaulting a police officer attempting to arrest him.
At a Wednesday hearing in the Jerusalem District Court, a police representative requested a six-day extension of Hazan’s remand; however, the court granted an extension until “the end of the week.” He is expected to be released on Friday afternoon.
On Tuesday, a video was posted to YouTube showing Hazan directing various demonstrations and violent activities against the Or Hahayim bookstore in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood and the Batei Varsha complex in Geula, the focus of a violent struggle between the Sikrikim and the neighborhood’s Gur Hassidim.
Hazan’s arrest appears to have been related to these incidents. The footage apparently shows him damaging the door to a store and engaging in violent activity against Batei Varsha.
The clip also shows him dancing at a wedding with a Palestinian flag.
The video was posted with a commentary in subtitles, as well as an explanation stating that the footage showed “the actions of the Sikrik Yosef Meir Hazan, the representative of Shalom Baruch Rost and Avraham Hirschman [two of the leaders of the Sikrikim group] who are imposing terror in the neighborhood against Batei Varsha.”
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
I’m bored to death reading the same stories every day about the Sikrikim. The Israel Government should just export the whole clan to Gaza. It will be beneficial for all parties: 1) The Sikrikim – They’ll be able to learn by the most professional bomb-makers (Kaboom! – what fun). 2) The Palestinians – They won’t have to run around the world to find spokesman for their ’cause’, they’ll have them next door! 3) Us, VIN Fans – We won’t have to waste our time reading about them on VIN, instead they’ll be written about on Al Jazeera!
Who are Sikrikim? Where is Sikrikim mentioned in Shas? They sound like a “maka shloi ksuva BaTorah.
Please don’t come to america for “pidyon shvuim”. Just behave like a “mench”.
if these loonies dance at weddings with a Palestinian flag let them all move to gaza…best for all.
I wonder at which point they
will be considered roidfim
I wonder at which point they
will be considered roidfim
It is really upsetting to find that these menuvalim, these sonai Yisrael, these mechal’lai HaSh-m, are constantly mis-labelled as ‘ultra-orthodox’.
Do frum websites have to make the same error that secular sites do?!?
The positive news here is that the chareidi world has officially taken a stance against these crazies. The chillul hashem they have caused is massive, and for a while, particularly in regard to the sefarim store in yerushalayim and Orot yeshiva in Bet Shemesh, was ongoing.