Haredi IDF soldier egged and cursed in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim
The violence towards ultra-Orthodox Jews who elect to report for military duty continues in Jerusalem with residents of the Haredi neighborhood screaming and hurling eggs at a Givati soldier.
Residents of the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem threw eggs and yelled insults at a Haredi Givati soldier Wednesday afternoon.
In documentation obtained by Ynet, the soldier appears to be walking in the neighborhood when many residents start yelling at him "Hardak"—a derogatory term that means "frivolous ultra-Orthodox."
On Sunday, another case of violence against an ultra-Orthodox soldier took place in the neighborhood when local residents hurled insults and expletives at a Haredi soldier who entered a store in the neighborhood, requiring him to take refuge until a police car could take him away from the area.
The rescued soldier refused to file a complaint with the police. In the documentation from the scene, a few ultra-Orthodox crowd around the shop, shouting and even throwing a hat at a policewoman.
(Translated and edited by J. Herzog)
