An indictment filed Monday in the disturbances outside Justice Solberg's home focuses on participants brought by bus rather than the organizers who dispatched them, according to N12. The document describes the defendants as joining 'dozens of others whose identity is unknown to the prosecution, all belonging to the Haredi sector.'
A second indictment in the disturbances outside the Jerusalem-area home of Supreme Court Justice Noam Solberg, filed Monday, focuses on rank-and-file protesters who were bused in rather than the organizers who dispatched them, according to N12 journalist Eli Hirsman. The document describes the defendants as joining "dozens of others whose identity is unknown to the prosecution, all belonging to the Haredi sector" and being brought to the scene by bus. The move follows the first indictment filed Sunday against four named suspects — Naftali Platnik (20), Avraham Fried (20), Gershon Hanun (21), and Shimon Ataf (41) from Beit Shemesh — for rioting, with two also facing trespassing charges.
As The Zioneer reported throughout Sunday, the initial indictment detailed attempts to break into the judge's home, an assault on a neighbor whose kippah was taken, and that some residents mistakenly entered shelter rooms believing it was a security incident. In that filing, police stated they did not know who ordered the buses or directed the crowd to the judge's residence, noting that signs announcing the protest were hung in Bnei Brak synagogues on the day of the event. The pattern of targeting participants rather than organizers thus continues with the latest indictment.
The wider context, as previously reported, involves mass protests outside Solberg's home in recent weeks leading to clashes with police and arrests, set against a public standoff between police and radical ultra-Orthodox protesters over military detention.
It remains unclear whether the prosecution intends to pursue charges against the organizers who coordinated bus transportation and direction of the crowd, or whether it considers the visible participants to be the full extent of the case — an omission both indictments have so far left open.
8 developments
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- DevelopingCourt orders 48 Solberg home disturbance suspects to house arrest for 8 days
- DevelopingExtremist Haredim protest in Beit Shemesh against detention of judge's home vandals
- DevelopingShin Bet Jewish Division opens probe into Haredi extremist protesters
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