Haredim Attack Secular Jews, Obstruct Traffic – Police Do Not Protect Seculars

Haredi riots aimed at preventing civilian traffic on Rehov Hanevi’im reached a new height on Saturday afternoon, when over a hundred men of various sects tried to scare secular residents into steering clear of the Jerusalem thoroughfare, shouting “Shabbes,” pelting cars with stones and spitting on passersby.

 

Police keep J'lem street open despite Haredi demonstration
150 protest civilian traffic on Shabbat, throw rocks, block traffic at intersection of Rehov Hanevi’im and Rehov Strauss.
By JOHN BACKTANE • JERUSALEM POST

Haredi riots aimed at preventing civilian traffic on Rehov Hanevi’im reached a new height on Saturday afternoon, when over a hundred men of various sects tried to scare secular residents into steering clear of the Jerusalem thoroughfare, shouting “Shabbes,” pelting cars with stones and spitting on passersby.

At least one secular man was arrested after being accused by police of “provocation.”

The man was driving his car on Rehov Hanevi’im when a large rock was thrown at the vehicle. He stepped out of the car and asked an officer why the police had shown up in such small numbers, faced with such a large and violent crowd.

He was told to “get out of here” or face arrest. When he said he had a right to use the road, he was handcuffed and taken away.

Police officers repeatedly pushed to the ground haredi men who were throwing themselves at the windshields of every passing car, while secular women who were dressed in a way considered immodest were spat upon.

Several of the most violent rioters were lightly injured, mostly because of falling or jumping on the cars passing by.

There were fewer than 10 police officers on the scene, in three patrol cars. At the riot’s climax at around 6:30 p.m., the number of haredi protesters reached about 150.

Overwhelmed by the large crowd, officers became increasingly irritable as the riot continued, but they did not use crowd dispersal means.

Around 7 p.m. there was no sign of the riot dying down, and the sole man to have been handcuffed and taken away was the secular driver.

Every time a protester tried to block cars from driving through the street, the officers who came to pull him away were besieged by the angry mob with shouts of “Nazis” and “anti-Semites,” and they were also spat upon.

A Christian who lives at the Anglican International School Jerusalem, located near the intersection of Rehov Hanevi’im and Rehov Strauss, caught on camera a clip where she was threatened with death unless she stopped filming.

She told The Jerusalem Post that riots on Saturday have become a regular occurrence, but that this one reached a new height of violence and a record number of protesters.

She stood on the sidelines, where several secular people carefully looked on and occasionally applauded when a car managed to pass through the mob. Officers repeatedly asked onlookers not to take pictures with their phones.

One officer who accused secular bystanders of stoking the flames told this reporter: The haredi protesters “are idiots, you know they’re idiots, so why are you coming out here?” A young haredi man who was looking on without taking part in the riot told the Post that the protesters were “hurting” when secular residents drove through the street on Shabbat because “they are Jews and you are also a Jew.”

“The ones who will be arrested are not us, but you. You just wait and see,” he calmly explained.

Since the closure of Jaffa Road due to the work on the Jerusalem Light Rail, Rehov Hanevi’im has become one of the central arteries for traffic into the city center.

According to an agreement between haredi leaders and the municipality, Rehov Strauss, a dominantly haredi street, is closed on Shabbat with police roadblocks at the point where it intersects Hanevi’im.

Hanevi’im serves as an alternative to the unusable Jaffa Road.

But in recent months, haredim have begun to come out before the end of Shabbat in an effort to push the “boundary” between the secular and the haredi Jerusalem further south.

Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben Ruby said that between 50 to 150 haredim have been protesting at the intersection for the past few months. Police consider it a “gathering” rather than a protest, and therefore the demonstrators are not required to request permission from the police to hold a legal demonstration.

Still, the police said they knew exactly when and where the protest would be, and sent a patrol each week to ensure that the road stayed open to traffic.

“If they try to block the street, we’ll get rid of them,” Ben Ruby said.

Haredim also renewed protests outside of the Karta parking lot, a parking lot in the Old City that was the site of large-scale demonstrations and violence two years ago when it was decided that the parking lot would stay open on Shabbat.

Two weeks ago, 80 haredim demonstrated at the parking lot, and one haredi man was arrested.

Melanie Lidman contributed to this report.

Comments

[netflix]

trade them for gilad shalit

[anuran]

If the police won't protect them, Jews will have to see to their own defense against the idolators.

[western jew]

You can call yourself a Charedi or a Chassid all you want. When you start closing in as a mob and you resort to violence and spitting on people, you are a whore. That does not improve your relationships with your fellow people and you are not going to win the day. G-d fearing Jews do not act like whores in public.

[seymour]

if the police do nothing then one day a secular Jew will mow them down

why don't the police simply arrest anybody who throws a rock or spits. I do not get it.

and from another story it seems the NYC have the same sickness.

[seymour]

anybody who throws a rock or spits on some one needs to be arrested right away
and taken by car to the police station
maybe then thy will stop this nonsense
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Police officers repeatedly pushed to the ground haredi men who were throwing themselves at the windshields of every passing car, while secular women who were dressed in a way considered immodest were spat upon.

why not just speed up and hit a few and just say I was scared for my life

[seymour]

I have an idea

if you drive there carry one of those big water guns the kids use by fill it with watered down pig fat and spray them if they touch you car maybe even getting a few drops in their mouth and then tell them what they swallowed.

Maybe I will go to Israel for a few months and sell them already filed a few block away

I wonder if people would buy it

[anuran]

seymour, better than pig fat would be pig fat mixed with menstrual blood

[Jeff]

"Police consider it a “gathering” rather than a protest, and therefore the demonstrators are not required to request permission from the police to hold a legal demonstration."

Seriously?

I say it again - not one penny for Israel until it disenfranchises these savages. If it can't manage to do that, it's sacrificed its right to exist.

[Jeff]

"Police consider it a “gathering” rather than a protest, and therefore the demonstrators are not required to request permission from the police to hold a legal demonstration."

Seriously?

I say it again - not one penny for Israel until it disenfranchises these savages. If it can't manage to do that, it's sacrificed its right to exist.

[Morris the Katz]

The action of these Haredi scum, and worse, that of the Jerusalem fascist pig, er, cop who arrested a man exerting his legal right to drive on a public road, make me ashamed to be Jewish.

You won't see me in Israel anytime soon.

[Eliyohu]

When it comes to thse demostrating / rioting over religious issue, a story I once read constantly comes to mind:

Chief rabbi of Kovno, Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor or Rabbi Isaac Elchonon Spektor (1817-1896) was born in Russia in Grodno region. He was one of prominent litvak rabbis, Rosh Yeashiva (head of the school) and famous sage.
Once he summoned a man who had been very critical of a group in the community which had transgressed certain Torah laws. “What right do you have to criticize them so sharply?” the Rabbi asked. “What gives you the authority to humiliate them publicly?”

The man was startled by the question. "“Rebbe"” he replied, "“you yourself have admonished them. Why are you upset with me for what I said about them?"
"“You are right",” said the Rabbi. "“We do share a similarity. Both of us are upset that those people have sinned. However, there is a great difference between you and me - —the difference between a housewife and a cat."

”"A housewife and a cat?"” the startled man asked.

"“Yes"” answered the great sage. “"I am like the housewife who chases mice from her home because she wishes them out. You are like the cat that chases mice because she wants to eat them. The housewife would be happier if the mice never showed up in the first place. The cat would rather that the mice appear, so that he can torment, hound, and devour them."

If only more charedim understood this... so much good could be done, and so much hatered and chilul hashem avoided.

[Gevezener Chusid]

I like that story

[tooclose2detroit]

I am sure that this story is not important to any of you, and certainly not to the little girl that runs this blog because it doesnt trash orthodox jews-but, just thought you'd like to know what happened in Peoria last night.

Tonight, around 11 p.m., a group of at least 60-70 African American youth marched down one of the side streets (W. Thrush) to the 4 lane main drag (Sheridan). They were yelling threats to white residents. Things such as we need to kill alll the white people around here. They were physically intimidating anyone calling for help from the police. They were surrounding cars. Cars on the main drag had to slam on their brakes to either avoid the youth blocking not only all four lanes, but a large section of the side street as well. fights were breaking out among them. They were rushing residents who looked out their doors, going on to porches, yelling threats to people calling the police for help.

Cars were doing U turns on the streets just to avoid the mob, mostly male. One youth stated his grandfather was white and several assaulted him on the spot. One police officer answered the call. The youth split into two large groups, one heading north, the other south. They were also yelling racial threats to the police officer but he was outnumbered. Another police car did not show up until after the youth finally dispersed and the patty wagon (van) also eventually showed up.

But dont pay attention-it wasnt done by orthodox jews, so its not important at all!-God do I fucking hate liberals.