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Monday, January 21, 2013

Bennett Asked to Remove Yarmulka by Haredi Protesters

Naftali Bennett at the Kotel MondayNaftali Bennett, head of the Jewish Home party, was verbally attacked by some Haredi worshipers at the Western Wall today, Arutz 7 reports.

Jerusalem Police reportedly detained a Haredi Orthodox youth who called on Bennett to take off his kippah. The youth reportedly shouted "You want to draft our children to the army, mothers are crying at night," and "let me study Torah. Don't force me to go to the army, you're inciting sin."