The Jerusalem District Attorney's Office filed an indictment today (Friday) in the city's District Court against Yehoshua Dadon, 34, an extremist resident of Beit Shemesh - after he was involved in the break-in and arson of the 'Pon Kosher' store in the Geula neighborhood of Jerusalem, before Yom Kippur.
According to the indictment, filed through attorney Manal Abu Amer, due to a lack of agreement between the owner of the store "Phone Kosher," which sells cell phones and related accessories, and the "Rabbinal Committee for Communications Affairs," it was decided not to grant the store a kosher certificate. As a result, extremist demonstrations took place in front of the store.
On the 2nd of Tishrei, the defendant and three others, dressed in Hasidic attire and wearing tallit, broke into the store. The defendant lit a small object and threw it into the store, which subsequently set it on fire, including its contents.
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The damage due to his actions is estimated at approximately 600,000 shekels.
After the incident, the defendant fled to the Meron area and did not appear for police questioning.
The indictment accuses the defendant of committing crimes of arson, extortion through threats, and obstruction of justice.
The prosecution is asking the court to order the arrest of the defendant until the end of the legal proceedings against him.
The arrest request states, among other things, that "the circumstances of a deliberate arson in the dead of night... in the heart of a city, with a real risk to the residents and the potential for enormous damage to property and life, for ideological reasons, substantiate the conclusion that there is no appropriate alternative to detaining the respondent until the end of the legal proceedings against him.".
Following Dadon's arrest last week, riots broke out in the capital, during which Mirel Dzlowski, a 40-year-old Karlin follower and mother of 11 children, was seriously injured by a trash can that was thrown at her during a demonstration on Yehezkel Street.
