The usually quiet Chagai Street in Bnei Brak turned into a mob scene on Sunday after two female military police officers arrived in the area and rumors spread that they were distributing draft orders.
An angry crowd of over a thousand people quickly grew as the two soldiers were surrounded and chased from the area. Police arrived and rescued them as the crowd grew.
A police vehicle was overturned on HaRav Shach Street, and a police motorbike was set on fire. The police later discovered a burned siddur and tefillin in the storage compartment of the motorbike, which belonged to a frum officer.
The IDF later clarified that the soldiers were not connected to the military police and were visiting a soldier at his home as part of their role in the Education and Youth Corps.
Police say that over 12 protesters involved in the confrontation and rioting have been arrested. “The police view the events in Bnei Brak with great severity. We are acting firmly against those who disturb the peace, utilizing appropriate measures and carrying out arrests.”
One of those arrested was a Chareidi woman.
Former Chief Rabbi HaRav Yosef Yitzchak responded by saying, “One must strongly condemn the handful of rioters who make a Chillul Hashem. The Torah teaches that its ways are ways of pleasantness and all its paths are peace דרכי נועם וכל נתיבותיה שלום. There is no place for their behavior among us. They must be denounced and expelled from the camp.”
UTJ chairman Yitzchak Goldknopf said that he was “shocked by the footage and condemns the violence against security forces, which is against the Torah—דרכיה דרכי נעם.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu released the following statement: “I strongly condemn the violent disturbances in Bnei Brak directed at IDF female soldiers and Israel Police officers. This is an extremist minority that does not represent the broader Chareidi community. This is a grave and unacceptable act. We will not allow anarchy, and we will not tolerate any harm to IDF servicemembers or security forces who carry out their duties with dedication and determination.”
Shas chairman Aryeh Deri stated, “The Shas movement strongly condemns the acts of violence, vandalism, and rioting carried out by a small group of extremists in Bnei Brak. These actions are completely contrary to the path of the Torah, harm the broader Chareidi ציבור, cause a Chilul Hashem, and inflict serious damage on the just struggle on behalf of the עולם התורה.”
“Leave our camp!”
Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Lieberman said, “We can’t expect the ‘draft dodger’ government to condemn or act against this violence. In the next government, we’ll treat these rioters like terrorists!”
Naftali Bennett also slammed the protestors, writing, “A bright red line was crossed here…. we will restore governance to Israel.”
The IDF released the following statement condemning the mob attack: “The Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, views with utmost severity and strongly condemns the assault on IDF female soldiers who were carrying out a military mission earlier today in Bnei Brak. Any attack on IDF soldiers carried out by Israeli civilians constitutes a serious red line being crossed and must be dealt with firmly. The Chief of Staff expects that the attackers will be brought to justice.”
The Charedi community remains on edge as military police continue arresting Charedim for refusing to respond to IDF draft notices.
President Isaac Herzog wrote, “I am following with deep concern the serious events in Bnei Brak. Violence against security forces is a direct blow to the security of the state. There is no—and will be no—legitimacy for attacking IDF soldiers.”
“The IDF is the people’s army. Our soldiers, women and men alike, are the sons and daughters of us all, from every part of Israeli society. The assault on IDF female soldiers carried out by a fringe group of extremists is a grave and unacceptable act, and I strongly condemn it.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Go get those pork eaters. They made Chareidi soldiers do push-ups in middle of davening. Beat the daylights out of these machsefas.
“The IDF later clarified that the soldiers were not connected to the military police and were visiting a soldier at his home as part of their role in the Education and Youth Corps.”
So the soldier living in Bnei Braq was frei or Chareidi? A non-frum person does not live in Bnei Braq so I’m deducting he was frum… so you have 2 women visiting a frum soldier in Bnei Braq at his home “as part of their role in the Education and Youth Corps”. The army is treif, period. They need to leave the Chareidim alone!
Why must TheYeshivaWorld post this story depicting קלונם של ישראל! Why not put our face down into our hands in shame! No doubt the secular media will promote this for next 100 days. Must we also! Such embarrassment! Please editor, take it down! Please!
למען כבודו יתברך
I didn’t read thr article yet but no shiksas should be prancing around in beged ish in kakis in the lavush of the Zionist regime in my hood
Bibi: “We will not allow anarchy,…” but does allow stalinist dictatorship!
Lieberman: “rioters “are not Jews; they are terrorists.” hear who is talking about who are Jews! The one who wants to flood Israel with Russian Goyim registering them as Jews!
Military Police who arrest a Bochur in the middle of his father’s Shiva and another Bochur who went home to recuperate with high temperature, and many more for the sole crime of wanting to learn Torah and to protect themselves from the filthy, indecent and immoral army, they are “Jews”.
I don’t condone the riots, but where was a similar outcry against the Kaplan protests?
Those guys would make good soldiers! IyH they will take a post fighting our enemies with the same intensity that they fight our soldiers.
Imagine someone opening a food cart vendor on the streets of Bnei Brak selling pork.
This story is much worse. With the Chazer vendor you could at least ignore him (although he certainly wouldn’t be ignored.) Over here where women in the military is Kneged Halacha and women dressed like men is Kneged Halacha, you can’t even ignore their spitting in Hashem’s face, as they’re right in everyone’s face.
Of course this offense wasn’t ignored by Torah Jews.
An army that drafts women is not a Jewish army.
Which leftist commander sent in these two women soldiers go incite the Bnei Brak people. They were looking for trouble so they got it.
A secular anti-frum group looking to incite against the frum world could not get better propaganda and win more people to their side with something other than this that they made themselves. . Not even if they paid millions of dollars for it. Few people have done more for the anti frum causes and shmad in Eretz Yisroel than those involved in this and other violent protests. It’s highly possible that female soldiers in a military police car were sent to Bnei Brak because the anti frum zealots knew what an easy way it would be get the frum zealots (aka kanoim) to do their dirty work and heavy lifting for them.
I’m saying as someone who would regard violence against military police while they are actually actively arresting Yeshiva Bochurim as legitimate resistance if there a chance of preventing it
True there are animals everywhere, but can you blame them?
The military police come to bochrim and young married folks houses 3am like NAZis, in the darkness of the night.
This is the way the are fighting back, dirty!!! The fight the army began. Unfortunately this is the ONLY language they understand.
Had these wild chevra not protest like this, you would have 100s of Bochrim arrested in the darkness of the night. The female police should go scream at the army and the all talk do nothing Prime Minister, for allowing this to go on.
Deri should think twice before he talks. He helped put a stop to the judicial reform, he did not put his foot down to protect the Bochrim either.
Words are cheap!!!!!
Is he condemning to look good in the eyes of the wicked? Or is he sincere…..
Good work, imbecils, you burnt tefillin inside the motorbike.
Who are the wicked people who run this website? There are no charedi mobs attacking women. You sit there in America. You have no idea what goes on in Israel. I have seen 100 protests. every time the police start the violence. There’s no rioting. Nobody is burning buildings, breaking into stores. The police are violent. A few people fight back a little. Are you religious? Side with your brothers, not with the secular state.
i am sure lbj and ujm will have something to say