The editor of the Haredi daily Yated Ne'eman published an extensive op-ed condemning "police violence," directly criticizing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir by name. According to Channel 12 Haredi-affairs journalist Eli Hirshman, the piece warns that those who sought a confrontation with Haredi parties and looked toward Ben-Gvir's party should wake up.
Eli Hirshman, Channel 12's Haredi affairs correspondent, reported Thursday morning that the Haredi daily Yated Ne'eman gave extensive coverage to a police-violence controversy, publishing an op-ed by its news editor directly targeting National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. According to Hirshman's summary, the editor wrote that "the name hovering over this entire affair is the name of the man who built an entire career on 'governability'", and warned that those who sought to settle scores with Haredi parties and looked toward Ben-Gvir's party should reconsider.
The op-ed appears in the context of ongoing tensions between Haredi protesters and Israeli police. As The Zioneer has reported, Hirshman previously called on Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Danny Levi to intervene against police violence (June 17), and has warned of incitement against Haredi youth while citing rabbinic warnings about civil strife. The piece comes a day after Hirshman assessed that the Haredi press's extensive coverage of a violent Jerusalem faction protest represented a "consciousness achievement" for the radical fringe — a dynamic the Yated Ne'eman editor appears to be pushing back against by targeting Ben-Gvir directly.
The editor's precise identity and the full text of the op-ed have not been independently verified. The framing is reported as relayed by Hirshman, a single source, placing this at the Developing confidence level.
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