Clashes broke out Thursday in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood as police enforced lockdown rules there, with dozens of Haredi schools reported to be open in violation of coronavirus restrictions. Police said rocks and bags of trash were thrown at officers, who detained seven people on suspicion of violating public order. A police statement said […]
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Clashes in capital’s Mea Shearim over lockdown; many Haredi schools said to open
January 15th, 2021 Awake Goy
Border cop indicted for assaulting bystander during Mea Shearim clashes
November 18th, 2020 Awake Goy
A Border Police officer was indicted on Wednesday for an April assault on a man in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim. The April 4 incident occurred during widespread clashes in the hardline neighborhood over the enforcement of social distancing rules and other restrictions imposed to fight the spread of the coronavirus. CCTV footage showed […]