A small group of left-wing activists arrived in Bnei Brak on Friday afternoon in an attempt to disrupt traffic just hours before Shabbos, following days of threats to “disrupt the lives” of the city’s residents in retaliation for this week’s Chareidi vehicle protests.
The demonstration took place on Rechov Kahaneman, where members of the “Mothers on the Front” protest movement attempted to block traffic. Despite organizers’ promises of a major demonstration, only a relatively small number of protesters showed up.
The protest quickly sparked confrontations with local residents, many of whom were making their final preparations for Shabbos. Witnesses reported shouting matches and pushing between the two sides as residents objected to efforts to block one of the city’s main thoroughfares at one of the busiest times of the week.
The protest was organized after “Mothers on the Front” leader Ayelet Hashachar Seidof vowed earlier this week to target Bnei Brak in response to Chareidi demonstrations against the arrest of yeshiva bochurim. “Road blockages will be answered with road blockages,” she declared, saying the goal was to “disrupt the lives” of Bnei Brak residents.
During Friday’s demonstration, some residents were heard chanting, “We will die and not be drafted,” while police maintained a buffer between protesters and local residents. According to reports from the scene, one female protester removed her shirt during the confrontation.
After approximately two hours, the demonstrators dispersed and left the area.
(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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Obviously everyone left with their pants still on.
Its about time YWN joins the fight and does its part by banning all the anti-haredi inciters. For interest, i looked at secular news outlets about the same events, and the talkbacks have +200 comments praising any violence against haredim. If we want to win, and not be squashed we need to up our game.
Everyone of these wicked protestors interfering with שמירת שבת כהלכתה should immediately have been pelted & stoned to death for causing חילול שבת which is an איסור סקילה
We don’t have that much different on our comments board
The fact is we own the place and we own the land, Israel was given to torah Jews and not only from God but also the goyim agreed to the state only cause of the Holocaust on the Torah Jew, they can not rid the Torah Jew from Israel, and they cannot rid Torah from a Jew, we the boss here, we the Torah Jew, we do not believe in zionism, we are not proud of zionism, we do not see zionism as economical, we do not see zionism as protector or humanitarian, we see zionism as the robber, the joker, the biggest sickness, and the ugliest thing on earth, but they’re only claim to us is, we protecting life, and but life isn’t worth anything, we know that most of the galus and suffering in the exile was from those that stopped there Judaism, and the reason for the bitter exiles is from those that lost faith in God, the zionist know that the state wasn’t made to protect the life or blood of anybody, cause what is life purpose and they know they don’t help with anything and it was much better without them, and that all the hashkafa of the military is false, like them thinking they did something for use, even anything, are that chas vshalom we daven they should exist in Israel in a bad fashion, or that we’re impressed with the miracles, or that they a interpretation of the Torah like some of Rabbi Cook stuff,
We are the boss, we are the Torah abiding, it is our land, THEY ARE THE ROBBERY
– It looks like police were dealing reasonably – trying to clear the road but without violence.
– The demonstrators showed kavod shabbos by showing up before shabbos. It seems also that a number of demonstrators are religious themselves.
– A great chance for citizens of Bnei Braq to show how great Torah life is – show chesed to the visitors, give them food l’mehadrin, invite them to stay for shabbos.
– Good news seems to be that only small number of Israelis are taking part in these demonstrations, while the others while disagreeing show derech eretz and did not come. Or maybe, they were preparing for shabbos. Please do not aggravate them, do not block their traffic, do not cause more demonstrators next time.
Notice the disgusting difference between how the police are politely asking the protesters to step aside and the brutal violence with which they treated the chareidi protesters… ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!!!