The ultra-Orthodox street has been ablaze for 5 days, and rabbis can t stop the flames haaretz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from haaretz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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In Israel, a bus driver was attacked, beaten, and escaped miraculously moments before his vehicle was torched by a vicious mob. The blaze raged for more than a half-hour before firefighters showed up. Apartment windows melted from the heat. Without a police escort, firefighters refused to enter the area, due to frequent attacks upon them by the local population.
In the same city earlier in the week, police officers in a car were attacked and the vehicle was smashed with rocks, hammers, and other weapons. Then there was the police officer surrounded the other day by a mob that would not back down, causing the cornered cop, his back against a garbage dumpster, to fire several warning shots from his pistol into the air. After that, police responding to a domestic call were pelted with rocks and garbage, and military police had to be summoned to save them.