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| Anarchy in Bnei Brak as ultra-Orthodox vandals run riot |
| 2021-01-25 |
| [JPost]- Violent riots continued late into the night in Bnei Brak against the background of police enforcing COVID-19 regulations in the ultra-Orthodox city and the intense opposition to such measures by radical elements in the community. Haredim (ultra-orthodox) are 10% of the population and 40% of serious Covid cases. ...During an emergency meeting of ultra-Orthodox political leaders, called by Rubinstein in Bnei Brak and starting at 9:00 p.m., the mayor called on the police to withdraw their forces from the streets of his city, saying they must leave the management of life to the city leadership. Ultra-Orthodox reject anything by the rest of Israel - except for "their" share of the tax money (most of them are perpetual IMO, they're actually sect members - the head rabbi's word is Law, which (if you think on it) is the opposite of being Jewish. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |