Israel: Haredim attack, stone woman in Beit Shemesh
Another case of religious bigotry and hatred rearing its despicable head in the city of Beit Shemesh, Israel:
A woman sustained minor wounds on Tuesday after being attacked by haredi men while trying to put up posters of Mifal Hapyis, Israel’s national lottery, in Beit Shemesh. A police complaint has been filed.
While searching for a place post her posters, which did not include images of women, several haredi men surrounded her car, punctured the vehicle’s tires, stole her car keys and hurled stones at the vehicle. One of the stones hit the woman’s head.
A police force called to the scene by the woman rescued her and arrested three suspects. The other assailants fled the scene. Police are searching for them.
Beit Shemesh has become the center of clashes between haredi extremists and residents fighting women’s exclusion.
Updated: The full details (in Hebrew from other sources) come off as far more gruesome and terrifying than what’s being conveyed here. This woman was attacked by several dozens of people, with many more observing and not intervening.
The attackers hurled stones and bottles of bleach at her and her car, she was chased by the men, and was terrified for her very life, screaming to her brother over the phone that “they’re trying to murder me”. In my humble opinion, had the police not arrived (late) to the scene, it might well have ended as the Ramallah Lynchings of 2000.
