From the Liveblog of
Sunday, April 2, 2017
Police rescue IDF soldier from ultra-Orthodox mob
Police are called to rescue an ultra-Orthodox IDF soldier who was trapped inside a Jerusalem bookstore by an angry mob of ultra-Orthodox protesters.
Several dozen residents of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim hurled any-Semitic insults at the solider who barricaded himself inside the shop.
ואם בעניין מאה שערים.. חייל הותקף בצעקות, נכנס לחנות עד להגעת כוח משטרתי שחילץ אותו
צילום: מחאות חרדים pic.twitter.com/9hBFdsX8fK— אלי שלזינגר Eli Shlezinger (@EliShlezinger) April 2, 2017
Photos and videos of the incident show police escorting the solider from the premises. The protesters also hurl insults at the female police officer, calling her “shiksa,” a disparaging Yiddish term for a non-Jewish woman.
The solider declined to file a police complaint.
The incident comes on the heels of a number of demonstrations held by the ultra-Orthodox community recently, protesting the arrest of members of the community for draft dodging.
