Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox pelt police with rocks, injuring one

A police officer was lightly injured on Sunday when cops were pelted with rocks in a Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox neighborhood, where they were investigating a previous attack on a uniformed IDF soldier.

Residents of Mea Shearim also set dumpsters on fire and attempted to block roads.

The incident followed Friday’s arrest in the neighborhood of 16 ultra-Orthodox men, who were caught after allegedly attacking an undercover officer dressed as a soldier.

Those arrests occurred after police deliberately deployed detectives to the neighborhood dressed in military uniforms to address ongoing violence toward members of the military by some in the community.

The suspects attacked the officers, throwing objects at them and beating them. During the arrests, other ultra-Orthodox men gathered around the officers and threw stones at them. They were dispersed by law enforcement agents. The detainees were taken in for questioning.

Last week, a poster instructing ultra-Orthodox draftees to kill female soldiers and IDF commanders was found on a wall in Mea Shearim amid ongoing protests by extremist members of the community against Israel’s draft.

The anonymous notice, which was headlined “religious ruling,” said any ultra-Orthodox young man who is drafted “by force to the anti-Jewish army” must “take the rifle you were given” and kill IDF troops.

“Kill the next female soldier who is in your reach and thereby give her the privilege of [fulfilling the commandment to] ‘die before violating’ [the alleged prohibition of military service]. Kill every commander that holds you by force. Kill every conscript, tempter and helper,” the poster read.

It also encouraged ultra-Orthodox teenagers to commit suicide rather than be drafted, equating military service with the three cardinal sins that Judaism insists one avoid even on pain of death: idolatry, forbidden sexual relations and murder.