The arrested haredi men allegedly created pashkvils (wall posters) and pamphlets with the names, photos, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and IDF assignments of haredi soldiers and recruiters and who published other similar material depicting haredi soldiers as soul-snatching pigs who entice innocent haredi youths to sin by luring them into the IDF. Haredi soldiers and recruiters received waves of harassing and threatening calls and emails, and some haredi soldiers were harassed in person and physically attacked.
Above: Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach
Haredi Leader Calls For Nationwide Protests Over Arrests Of Haredi Who Incited Against Haredi Soldiers
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Ashkenazi haredi non-hasidic “rebel” leader Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach called for nationwide demonstrations tonight to protest the arrests earlier this week of three haredi men who allegedly ran a harassment and incitement campaign directed against haredi IDF soldiers, Yeshiva World reported.
The men allegedly created pashkvils (wall posters) and pamphlets with the names, photos, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and IDF assignments of haredi soldiers and recruiters and who published other similar material depicting haredi soldiers as soul-snatching pigs who entice innocent haredi youths to sin by luring them into the IDF.
Haredi soldiers and recruiters received waves of harassing and threatening calls and emails, and some haredi soldiers were harassed in person and physically attacked.
Auerbach vehemently opposes drafting haredim into the IDF or civilian national service.
Protests are expected to begin momentarily in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Bnei Brak, Ashdod, and Modi’in Illit.