At least two suspects are reportedly in police custody after a wave of break-ins in the haredi West Bank town of Betar Illit, located six miles south of Jerusalem.
In West Bank Haredi Town, “Arab Burglars” Turn Out To Be Haredim
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
At least two suspects are reportedly in police custody after a wave of break-ins in the haredi West Bank town of Betar Illit, located six miles south of Jerusalem.
According to a report in Yeshiva World, haredim thought the thieves were Arabs from an adjacent Arab village, and they protested what they saw as lax law enforcement and city inaction, demanding that the city and police do more to protect haredim from this wave of presumably Arab-committed burglaries.
But police working with civilian security patrols and using undercover agents found the alleged burglars – two haredi residents of the city. Police reportedly recovered some of the stolen goods from the suspects’ homes during the arrests.