A police source this morning (Friday) referred to allegations made against the police, about the use of an alleged unusual force last night, during demonstrations in Bnei Brak. He claimed that “whoever was at this event understands that it was On a real battlefieldAlso during the clashes, seven policemen on duty were injured and six rioters were arrested.
The source added: “No grenade was thrown at a courtyard, but at the surroundings of those violent outlaws. Citizens who walked around there despite the fact that it was clear to everyone that this was a difficult scene, could not complain or claim against the police for eradicating violence and restoring order for those guarded residents. Law in Bnei Brak, and they are many. ”
JSM policemen enter the building of the Vizhnitz Yeshiva in Bnei Brak (Photo: David Keshet)
He noted: “The attack on the police and the insults in law and regulations, are the ones that are supposed to be condemned by the general public and within it the elected representatives of the public. To cling to one video or another that does not reflect And incite the fire against the police“That in this serious incident she was undoubtedly the victim and the one who was found under stone-throwing, physical assault and causing damage to police property.”
“The events last night were taken as if from violent plays When hundreds of ultra-Orthodox tried to pose a threat to police, long after that difficult incident in which three police officers who were inspecting near one of the neighborhoods in Bnei Brak were attacked. “There is no doubt at all that most of the public in the city condemned the behavior of the rioters as well as the municipality of Bnei Brak, so the response of the police was immediate, at least in the eyes of those who were there,” he added.
The police also said: “We flatly reject meaningless and illogical allegations and tweets, claiming ‘too strict’ enforcement, while many lawbreakers threw stones at police officers, beat and injured police officers, rioted and violated public order and set fire to bins. The escalation in violence that took place last night in Bnei Brak amounts to criminal and dangerous behavior“.
Crowds violated public order in Bnei Brak and threw stones at a police car (Photo: Police Spokeswoman)Among the prominent defenders of police activity last night, the Minister of Construction and Housing Yaakov Litzman, Who called the incident a “private and aggressive campaign of revenge by instigated police officers.” In his response, he stated that he did not justify acts of violence of any kind, as well as those directed at the police, but added: “I strongly condemn the directive to allow police companies to vent their anger on passers-by, use of stun grenades and handkerchiefs, and during the night many endangered. Tens of thousands of citizens, including small children, for no injustice. ”
According to Litzman, he even turned to the Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana And to the incoming police commissioner Kobe Saturn – “To receive clarifications in the face of this behavior which does not add to the efforts of the fight against the corona virus, but rather the opposite.”
After the municipality condemned the riot, it was reported that the mayor, Abraham Rubinstein Talked to the police commissioner demanding an immediate investigation into the shooting and throwing of indiscriminate grenades tonight across the city. “The night scenes on the city streets were harsh and unnecessary: grenades and indiscriminate shooting in the streets out of revenge and regardless of neutralizing riots or quarantine orders,” he said.
Also MK Eliyahu Baruchi The Torah banner attacked the police activity: “In the early evening hours, the police received the full backing to act against the rioters. But within hours they proved that they were not interested in this backing. She wants revenge. Make do with one delusional statistic: only 6 detainees among the rioters. That’s far less than the number of stun grenades thrown on city streets. It’s much, much less than the thousands of nightmares in their beds. “