Residents of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood attack MDA team arriving in Jerusalem Municipality vehicle to take a corona specimen from a suspected blue-collar • After identifying the Israeli flag on staff uniforms, residents began throwing stones at them and injuring the car driver • Health Minister Litzman condemned the act: "Behavior Severe "

An MDA team arrived this morning (Monday) in the Jerusalem municipality's vehicle to take a corona specimen from a blue-collar man in the Mea She'arim neighborhood of Jerusalem, who was attacked by local residents. "Israel Today" learned that the serious incident rolled after residents spotted an Israeli flag on the staff's uniform. One of them removed. Then they threw stones at the crew and smashed the car windshield. MDA personnel were not injured in the incident and the driver was injured in the shoulder. Following the serious incident, a police complaint was filed.

Photo: Police spokeswoman

MK Yitzhak Litzman addressed the incident: "I strongly condemn the assault of MDA members this morning by a handful of residents in Jerusalem. This is a serious behavior, contrary to religious law, and damages those who do holy work for public health and safety, while risking themselves in particular during this emergency. In light of the spread of the Corona virus, it is clear that this handset does not represent the general public who obey the instructions and respect the medical staff. "

Meanwhile, following the mass funeral held in Bnei Brak, contrary to government restrictions on preventing the spread of the corona, the police are stepping up enforcement of ultra-Orthodox concentrations. This morning, ISIS forces dispersed worshipers in the central synagogue in the Mea She'arim neighborhood of Jerusalem. During the incident, three clashes between young people in the neighborhood and police were arrested.

"Before the arrival of the forces, everyone was in homes according to the instructions of the Ministry of Health," said a resident of Mea Shearim. "There was one quorum in Stieblach in the segregation. The police and IDF forces arrived in excessive quantity into the quiet neighborhood and provoked it."

According to the same resident, "The public here obeys instructions and does not go out of the house, except shopping for food and Passover products. It is a very difficult time, but we are also scared and stay in the homes. Our children woke up to the sound of helicopter motorcycles at 6 am. To enforce the law elsewhere and leave the hundred goals because of the stigma. "

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This morning's incident in Mea She'arim came as a result of the funeral of one of the rabbis of the Jerusalem faction, one of the most extreme in the ultra-Orthodox-Lithuanian sector, which was held in the evening with the participation of hundreds of people. Following the incident, allegations were made against the police for selective enforcement of emergency regulations.

Photo: Moti Green

Minister Arden also addressed the incident sternly, "The mass funeral in Bnei Brak is a very serious and life-threatening event to the public. I demand that the Israeli police enforce equitable enforcement of the Ministry of Health guidelines in all parts of the state, with no exceptions. In light of the situation, I have called for an urgent discussion with the command Police on enforcement in the ultra-Orthodox sector. The vast majority of the ultra-Orthodox public understands and adheres to the Ministry of Health's directives and the police to do whatever is necessary to prevent extreme sections of the public from endangering public life. "

In the ultra-Orthodox community, the severity of the situation is internalized, and following the expansion of the Corona in Israel, the great Haredi generation, Rabbi Haim Kanievsky, has also instructed not to pray in quorum or in groups, but only in units. This is a very strict directive, which is even stricter in relation to the Ministry of Health, which prohibited prayer in synagogues but allowed the holding of open-air minors while maintaining a distance of two meters between people.