Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks during a campaign rally at The Fuge on May 14, 2022 in Warminster, Pennsylvania. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images PA gubernatorial candidate Mastriano touted an endorsement from Joseph Kolakowski, an ultra-orthodox rabbi. Kolakowski has expressed sympathy for Capitol rioters and believes Hitler was part lizard. Kolakowski told The Philadelphia […]
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police over Israeli military draft law (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
Nearly 20 activists have been arrested in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak after hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with police over the recent arrest of a yeshiva student who tried to evade military service. Some 500 members of the radical Jerusalem Faction took to the streets of Bnei Brak on Monday, causing traffic mayhem. […]
Israeli police use stun grenades against ultra-Orthodox rioters in Jerusalem
Israeli police launched stun grenades at hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem, who were protesting against plans to arrest a female draft-dodger. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that law-enforcement units dispersed rioters ‘with stun grenades’ after four policemen sustained minor injuries in clashes. Police units in Jerusalem dispersed an ultra religious illegal demonstration with stun […]
Innocent woman knocked down by Israeli ‘skunk cannon’ targeting ultra-Orthodox protesters (VIDEO)
Published time: 27 Nov, 2017 00:30 An innocent passerby trying to cross the street in Jerusalem on Sunday has been hit in the back of her head and sent flying several meters away by an Israeli police skunk-water cannon, deployed against ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting army conscription. A crowd of protesters staged yet another sit-in, obstructing […]
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters dispersed by mounted police & skunk cannons in Jerusalem (VIDEOS)
Published time: 26 Nov, 2017 20:39 Some 35 ultra-Orthodox demonstrators have been arrested in Jerusalem during an anti-draft protest. The protesters disrupted road and light rail traffic, while the police deployed stinking water cannons to disperse the crowd. Dozens of ultra-Orthodox anti draft protesters gathered in central Jerusalem on Sunday, blocking road and light rail […]
‘Kill female soldiers’: Israel police probe anti-draft fliers in Ultra-Orthodox area of Jerusalem
Israeli authorities have launched a probe into posters calling for the killing of female soldiers and IDF commanders who draft ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews to the army, local media report. The fliers were reportedly distributed in Mea Shearim, one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem populated mostly by Haredi Jews. Haredi is a collective notion […]
Haredi Jews vs. EasyJet: Rowdy ultra-Orthodox wedding party causes ‘bedlam’ on-board
Police had to be called in at the end of a flight from Tel Aviv to Luton – described as “the worst for 11 years” by a crew member of the budget airline EasyJet – after a group of Charedi Jews caused chaos from take-off to landing. The 2.55 p.m. flight on Monday immediately got […]
