by Paul Mirbach
So, here is what I am thinking about the Haredi pogrom perpetrated against Supreme Court Justice, Noam Solberg.
1. Unlike the mass protests of Haredim on Tuesday, where they blocked highways and train tracks for hours, which was a threatening act to display their ability to bring the entire country to a standstill, the targeted, personal attack on Solberg was a calculated act of intimidation. Extortion in it's blackest form (sic).
2. It is clear that these "protests" are being coordinated.
3. There is nothing spontaneous about bussing hundreds of Haredi Yeshiva bochers from Beit Shemesh to Alon Shvut. It requires organization, from ordering buses, to permission for to skip Torah study, to gaining entry to a Yishuv in the West Bank which has an electric gate and guards. (Is it not strange that Torah study is so important that they cannot miss a day of study to serve in the army, but they can take off as much time as they want - every day - to protest the draft)?
4. It requires paying for the buses, which cost at least 2500 NIS a pop. At 50 per bus, every time, calculate the cost. There is no way these Yeshiva students are paying for it. Maybe it's coming out of the billions allocated to them by the government? The vast majority of the Haredim involved in the attack were minors. This is not coincidence; minors are treated with leniency and juvenile courts are much more forgiving. Furthermore, sentences of minors are expunged when they become adults, basically letting them off the hook, allowing them to get drivers' licenses, etc.
5. Do you think any of the protestors, who are minors, have the wherewithal to order the buses, much less money in their accounts to pay for them?
All this, points to the probability that they are being mobilized by their Rabbis and teachers who are inciting them, who are planning their activities, and who are paying for their transport and organizing it.
Which brings me to the Police. It sounds good, that 62 Haredi youth were arrested. Great. But it means nothing, and they will all be released - wait and see. But no Rabbis, no Yeshiva heads who are inciting them, instructing them, sending them and providing them with the logistics and permission to skip studies have been investigated. The Police are playing King Canute against the tide.
They may not serve in the army, but this has the "ש"ג" syndrome written all over it. And, if they don't go after the organizers, coordinators and inciters, it's not going to stop. We ain't seen nothing yet
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