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After weeks of being implored to “stick it to the haredim,” the police finally gave in to the media’s not-so-subtle demands, bringing the country the closest it's ever been to a civil war.
Bus set on fire, driver pepper sprayed in Bnei Brak ■ Thirteen police officers injured in protests in Ashdod ■ Objects thrown at police in Jerusalem
Health and justice ministries trade blame over lack of testing for international arrivals; transportation minister accuses predecessor of failing to set up a lab at airport
Jan. 11, 2021 Eleven people were detained in the southern Israeli port city of Ashdod on Monday afternoon, after hundreds of ultra-Orthodox clashed with police officers attempting to close a religious school that was operating in violation of lockdown regulations. Police said three officers and two municipal inspectors had been injured in the riots. Reinforcements were sent to the Meir Eini Yisrael school, which is associated with the radical ultra-Orthodox group "Jerusalem Faction." Some protesters blocked a road at the scene, others boarded a police car while driving and were nearly ran...