Lock-out protesters strike again
צילום: גיל יוחנן
Eye for an eye
Left- wing protesters damage locks on religious institutions near bohemian Shenkin Street in revenge for anti-disengagement activists blocking highways, barring schools and damaging locks on government offices
TEL AVIV - Until now, Tel Aviv residents have suffered quietly and accepted anti-disengagement protests, whether they be the blocking of traffic on the Ayalon Freeway, chaining non-religious schools shut or gluing the locks on government offices.
All that changed Tuesday, as vandals locked two religious institutions on the city’s trendy Shenkin, leading police to open an investigation into the incident.
Tuesday morning, students arrived at the Bar-Ilan School on Rothschild Boulevard only to find the gates locked. Hanging nearby was a letter stating, “We, the secular, know how to get revenge.”
The school custodian easily managed to break the lock without having to call the fire department, and school began on time. At the same time, Yarkon district police began an investigation of the scene.
Second institution struck
Police initially believed the vandalism was a one-time occurrence, but the protesters had also attacked the lock on a nearby Habad yeshiva with quick-drying glue – just as right-wing activists had done to government offices.
A note left at the scene said, “Against the capitalist right, which hurts the silent majority. We also know how to hit, and when we do, it’ll hurt.”
The police swept the area for the vandals but without success. The notes were confiscated by the police, which will determine if the same group wrote both notes.
