Beit Shemesh mayor: Firm hand against rioters
Hours before rally against women's exclusion in his city, Abutbul ask press 'not to put all haredim in one basket'
Boaz Fyler
Published: 12.27.11, 15:49 / Israel News
"There is no reason on earth for a person to raise a hand - let alone on helpless girls." Beit Shemesh Mayor Moshe Abutbul said Tuesday in reference to Na'ama Margolis, the seven-year-old girl who was spat on by a haredi man who claimed she was not dressed "modestly enough."
Addressing the recent acts of violence against women in his city perpetrated by local ultra-Orthodox, the mayor said "there is no pardon for those who behave provocatively. Rioters should be dealt with a firm hand."
Abutbul spoke to reporters at his office just hours before a mass demonstration is expected to take place in the city against the exclusion of women from the public sphere. "Beith Shemesh denounces such behavior. Violent men belong behind bars. I urge Israel Police to act with a firm hand against all the rioters, and I call on you (the press) not to put all (the ultra-Orthodox) in one basket," the mayor said.
It must be noted that the mayor wears a black kipa.
He knows we must stamp this evil out, before it spreads.
I think the time has come to look at the nationality of Jews that are acting against the best interest of either the State and or the Jewish people. If these thugs came from someplace else, let's send them back. Take biometric identification, finger prints, retina scan and DNA and send them packing.
