Posted on 05/17/2010 8:53:17 PM PDT by BlackVeil
The Jerusalem Magistrates' Court on Monday extended by a day the remand of an ultra-Orthodox man who is the main suspect in the snatching of the body of 25-year-old woman whose death was apparently drug-related.
During the incident in question, which occurred in Jerusalem's Geula neighborhood in early February, dozens of haredim snatched the woman's body from the hands of a police officer to prevent it from being transported to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute for an autopsy. The officer was allegedly attacked by a group of ultra-Orthodox men headed by the prime suspect in the case, Shmuel Bezalel.
The haredim reportedly shouted "Nazis, go back to Germany" at police.
Two hundred additional police officers were dispatched to the scene, and began scouring the Geula and Mea Shearim neighborhoods for the body, while at the same time engaging in talks with haredi leaders.
Three hours later, with the help of the ZAKA rescue unit, the body was transferred to a policeman's house, where it was examined to rule out foul play.
The police reached an understanding with the Eda Haredit organization that the woman's corpse would not undergo an autopsy.
Attorney David Halevy, representing Bezalel, said his client's arrest was related to the wave of haredi protests rather than to the actual investigation into the specific incident, adding that police gave no reason for arresting Bezalel on Monday, just before the Shavuot holiday and some three months after the investigation was launched.
Meanwhile, Ynet reported on Monday that the damage from the riots carried out by members of the Eda Haharedit in Jerusalem Sunday is valued at NIS 1 million (about $270,000). A Ynet investigation revealed that the municipal coffers will bear the burden of the protesters' vandalism, which included damage to garbage bins, roads, vehicles, traffic lights, and street lights.
Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch condemned the violence carried out during the haredi protest against the relocation of graves at a construction site at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon.
"Anyone who damaged property and harmed police will be served with an indictment," Aharonovitch assured.
They riot, as well. Very good of the Israeli tax payers to pick up the tab.
Israel ping.
Hey at least they are willing to stand up for what they think is right.
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The pumps don’t work because the Haredi vandals took the handles
You don’t like Israel anyhow so what do you care about the Haredi? For you the Middle East is a source of laughs and chuckles as you sit on your butt in Oz-land.
Most freepers feel differently and support Israel...they sure don’t support the Muslims and they know Muslim fundamentalist are 1000x the menace that Jewish and Christian fundamentalists are
Of course your mileage may vary since you live on an a big detached island away from it all kind of like that never never land New Zealand
Jesus was not real crazy about all the expression and practices of the orthodox crowd in Israel. Like any religion - you have the good, the bad and the ugly.
I totally support Israel as a State and totally despise the Left’s cause of hating and blaming the jooos. At the same time, I am not blindly supportive of everything the orthodox do. Their mentality is not automatically holy; and is sometimes self serving, unjust, cruel and racist.
In the south Pacific we may be distant from the Middle East, but we have our own problems, with countries like China and Indonesia on our front door.
But everyone ought to pay attention to religious fundamentalism, and although some antics, (like body snatching) are tragic and funny rather than important, remember that people under this mindset might try to set off WW3.
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