Israel
By Hamodia Staff
YERUSHALAYIM -
As prominent rabbinical figures continued to condemn violence in protests against the government lockdown, civil and police officials have been working on a plan to restore calm.
Chief Sephardi Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said on Monday: “There is no justification for violent acts and that should stop immediately,” adding that their actions “aren’t in the name of the Torah.”
Shas Council of Sages President Rabbi Shalom Cohen published a letter castigating violence in the streets of a Torah community as a “chilul Hashem.”
Rabbi Cohen issued a “stern warning” to keep yourselves away from these places of conflict.”
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Bnei Brak Mayor Avraham Rubinstein and Deputy Police Commissioner David Bitan meet and say they have agreed on a plan to restore the calm in the city, which has seen widespread riots by extremist ultra-Orthodox protesters decrying the enforcement of lockdown rules.
“We will definitely not allow marginal factions to tarnish the city and harm our fabric of life,” Rubinstein says.
During the meeting, it was agreed that “anarchy” should be prevented but calm should be restored with “moderate actions,” according to a statement. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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