Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth published a magazine feature describing the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem faction ('HaPelag') as disrupting the state over draft evasion and deserters, violently harassing female soldiers, and targeting judges' and officers' homes. The report says the group began as a marginalized extremist fringe but is now pulling mainstream Haredi society along with it.
Israel's leading daily Yedioth Ahronoth has published a magazine feature that portrays the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem faction — known as 'HaPelag' (the faction) — as undergoing a radical escalation in both tactics and public influence. The article describes the group disrupting national life through protests against military conscription and in support of deserters, using violence against female soldiers, and reaching as far as the homes of judges and military officers. It notes that the faction began as a small, marginalized extremist group but has now succeeded in drawing mainstream Haredi society into its orbit. The profile comes amid ongoing tensions between the faction and Israeli authorities, with police dispersal of protests drawing accusations of excessive force — as The Zioneer previously reported in coverage of the faction's allegations against police and commentator Amit Segal's criticism of selective enforcement. The Yedioth report is an on-the-record media account, not an official or security source, and its characterizations represent the newspaper's journalistic assessment.
- StrongHaredi press gives extensive coverage to violent Jerusalem faction protest, writes Eli Hirshman (N12)
- DevelopingJerusalem faction accuses police of humiliating, unrestrained violence against protesters
- DevelopingAmit Segal: Police selectively enforce against Jerusalem faction while normalizing road blocks by others
- StrongJerusalem faction announces end of protests
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