The legal department of the Hershkowitz faction, a radical anti-conscription ultra-Orthodox group, has filed complaints with the Justice Ministry's Police Internal Investigations Department (Mahash), according to a statement reported by journalist Moshe Glass on N12. The complaints are accompanied by documentation and follow what the faction describes as severe police violence during a protest earlier today.
Hershkowitz, the leader of the radical ultra-Orthodox faction known as the 'Ratzpenikim' (a term referencing their hardline stance against military conscription), announced via a reported statement on N12 that his faction's legal department has begun filing formal complaints with the Police Internal Investigations Department (Mahash) over alleged violence during a protest earlier today. The complaints are accompanied by documentation and legal counsel. The protest was part of the ongoing wave of demonstrations by extremist Haredi factions against mandatory IDF enlistment. As The Zioneer previously reported, the Shin Bet's Jewish Division has opened a broader probe into the protests, and indictments were recently expected against suspects involved in a related disturbance at the home of a judge. The current development signals an escalation in the legal confrontation between the faction and law enforcement, though specific details of the alleged violence and the police response remain unverified.
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