""Throw eggs": Violent riots in front of a cell phone store in Geula • Watch

January 15, 2023   

Police forces, including cavalry, operated this evening (Sunday) in the Geula neighborhood in Jerusalem, following a violent disturbance by extremists, during a protest in which about 400 demonstrators participated against a store selling non-kosher cell phones on Malkei Yisrael Street. Business owners? Grow on it: You too deserve to grow to number one According to the police, at the beginning of the evening, the police acted to allow the protest against the store to take place legally, but at a certain point, the extremist protesters began trying to damage the cell phone store, physically pushing the police officers who were blocking the way between the protesters and the store.

A bottle was thrown at the police. Photo: Police spokeswoman

At one point, lawbreakers sprayed pepper spray and threw eggs at the police, and after a police officer gave an order to disperse, but without any response - and the disturbances continued, while throwing eggs and objects at the police, the police forces repelled the rioters and arrested one suspect, who was caught throwing eggs at the police. Police forces are working on the scene to maintain order. "The Israel Police will continue to allow freedom of protest within the limits of the law, but will not allow vandalism, violent rioting, or any attempt to harm business owners, citizens, or police officers," the police statement said.

Now on Malki Israel Street in Jerusalem, a demonstration against cell phone stores.

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https://twitter.com/kisis007/status/1614703469654417409 Media personality Ariela Sternbach from News 13 responded on her Twitter account to the police announcement: "This is simply unbelievable. The police admit that they approved the protest against the store, that the person behind these protests is the same mafia that the police have been unable to get their hands on for more than two years - with the exception of one indictment - and stop the extortion, violence and vandalism that the owners of cellular stores in the sector are suffering from. It is indescribable." Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir contacted Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai this evening, following reports of violence against Haredi protesters, in order to investigate the issue and obtain the details of the incident and the full picture of the situation from the scene.