Three points:

1. Yes, any kind of violence is against the law and now buses have police on them to stop this kind of behavior.

2. This is what I term ‘orthodox assimilation’, where the means of conflict resolution, dialogue or lack of it, and common sense are no different than the parts of society they try to keep at bay. The difference between this behavior and a Jew in a mixed marriage is that in the marriage the Jew knows that accommodations have been made with the overall culture. The orthodox are completely unaware that they are anything like what they fight against. This of course results in the committing of the gravest sin, a chilul Hashem.

3. This is part of the State Department Dance. Watch for this pattern. The US President makes a statement of resounding support for Israel to some US Jewish group. It makes headlines, and is promptly followed by other US officials making statements condemning some aspect of Israel, so much so that many decide that the US is no longer an ally. There are op-ed pieces like this in the Israeli papers—and the writers should just go back into their files, take out the last proclamation that the US is not an ally, and go get some sun instead of writing a brand new piece.