Shlomo Payne, Yona Martzbach, Binyamin Chayat and a long list of activists from the Peleg faction were arrested about two and a half years ago as suspects in “shaming” chareidi soldiers.
Several senior officials connected to the IDF recruitment of chareidim, who were also targeted, led to the investigation as they and others were harassed dozens of times by phone calls and blatant threats.
Later on, these activists also filed a civil suit that ended in the determination of significant monetary compensation in a Ramle court, a claim Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attended.
Kikar Shabbos News report the complainants received the following statement from the police recently: “The investigation file was closed due to lack of sufficient evidence.”
One of them is quoted in the report saying in an undisguised rage: “This is a criminal case, which is well grounded in materials that have already been obtained by a private investigator.
As was known, an appeal has been filed against this decision of the Investigations Branch of the Jerusalem District Police, in the hope of changing the decision.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Show some respect and refer to them as Rabbonim.
Now for the facts:
The Rabbonim were arrested in connection with a pamphlet that exposed army recruiters. The IDF pays Chareidi individuals to hang around yeshivos and prey on bochurim who may be going through a hard time. They talk to them, and attempt to pursuade them to enlist. The recruiters are paid a bounty per head.
A pamphlet called ‘Tzayadim’ was distributed, in which it exposed the various operatives who hang around yeshivos, so bochurim can stay away from said individuals.
One of the targets of the pamphlet alleged that these Rabbonim were involved. The police closed the case due to lack of evidence.
Everything listed above regarding recruiters has been confirmed by a senior military official in an interview.
Ayeshivishguy:
they are not rabbonim. we say every day that talmidai chochmim increase peace in the world. Does this rifraf of peleg increase peace?
Just the opposite, their ‘peaceful’ demonstrations cause much problems for people going to work, going to doctors, going to learning, picking up kids or just shopping.
I had to walk a long distance to get a cab instead of a bus and it cost me much money to get home and I am a elderly man. not easy.
Peleg is rifraf and should be taken to jail and have their heads and beads shaved off and then put in cells with arab rioters.