Posted on 03/14/2023 6:29:26 PM PDT by Nextrush
A protest and counter-protest held in Bnai Brak on Tuesday evening turned ugly after one person allegedly pepper spray at a police officer, and police used force in an attempt to disperse haredi protesters from the scene.
On Monday, organizers of the anti-government protests against judicial reform announced that they would be demonstration outside the home of MK Moshe Gafni, a member of the United Torah Judaism party (UTJ).
"The demonstration will be the opening salvo in a broad process against the involvement of haredi Knesset members in advancing laws to create a coup d'état, and we will first be turning our attention to Gafni, who recently called for the Supreme Court to be 'removed from its pedestal' and demanded the swift passage of the Override Clause," the organizers stated.
Dozens of protesters turned up in Bnai Brak on Tuesday evening, as promised, and were confronted by hundreds of haredi residents of the city, who were kept apart from the protesters by a heavy police presence. Protesters flew LGBT flags and one person brandished a mock Tablets of Stone with a new version of the Ten Commandments, including, "Thou shalt not oppress," and "Thou shalt not coerce."
However, around an hour after the protest began, police alleged that someone dressed in haredi garb had targeted a police officer with pepper spray. Police then began to push back the crowds of haredim, with footage showing the use of force, including police punching and shoving haredim with no obvious rationale for the heavy-handed response. One person was arrested...
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
The Leftists opposing the judicial reform proposals of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government that includes religious political parties.
The police seem to be taking the side of the anti-Netanyahu leftists in the view of many conservative Israelis.
The appointed Leftist Attorney General preventing the Conservative National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir from cracking down on the disruptions the Leftists are causing.
Heck the top cop in Tel Aviv protected by the AG from firing was cheered by the leftists in the streets last Saturday evening.
More to the story including some quips on a Twitter video that translate "it's fine to the beat the blacks (religious Jews dress in black) but not the whites (Leftist protesters color clothing)."
Good for the actual Jews not taking shit from the fake JINO Sodomites.
The ones wanting to wave their lgbt bs flags need to be handed over to the islamic radicals.
The people of Israel need to always be concerned for their safety because of radical muslims wanting to destroy them. Instead, you have idiots running around with their lgbt flags which only weaken Israel.
I didn’t see what happened but the haredi protect their turf when the Israeli cops enforced COVID rules and tried to shut down Orthodox religious activities they fought back and called the cops “Nazis”.
Too much fighting among the Jews; this is what afflicted our people and caused so much tribulation; it can happen again to much sorrow.
These events in Israel are being arranged and financed and orchestrated by the same people who worked night and day first trying to prevent Donald Trump from becoming President and then making up whopper lies about him and pushing them out via the Marxist-friendly press.
Good to see pro-Bibi people out in the streets — even if they are getting attacked by the police.
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