The secular lady from Ramat Gan who was videoed calling Chareidi children “termites” refuses to retract her harsh statements. In an interview with Channel 13 News on Tuesday, she said: “That’s what I think about them – I don’t like religious people and definitely not Chareidim. That’s who I am. I definitely stand behind my words.” She claims that the Chareidim are causing a decline in the value of the apartments in her area. “I bought an apartment in a luxury neighborhood for millions in order to have these facilities for my standard of living. But I go down [to the park] with my baby and I can’t use the playground equipment because there’s always Chareidim there.” The director of the B’Tzalmo organization Shai Glick submitted a letter to the Justice Ministry and the Police Commissioner, demanding that a police investigation be opened against the woman. “If something like this had happened to a Jewish family abroad, the whole world would have been rightfully upset and it would have been called an antisemitic event for all intents and purposes,” he wrote. “This is no less serious, and on the contrary, it is an extremely dangerous phenomenon.” “I urge you to take action with the Israel Police so that this incident will be investigated very seriously and the attacker will be brought to justice. We can’t allow children to feel rejected and unwanted only because of their religion and beliefs. In addition, I urge you to act to pass the law that defines harm to Chareidim on the basis of their religion as racism, as well to file a civil lawsuit against that racist woman.” ארגון בצלמו פנה ליועמשי"ת שתפתח בחקירה פלילית בגין גזענות והמרדה נגד האשה שגירשה ילדים חרדים מגינה ברמת גן. בנוסף הוגשה תלונה במשטרה. המנכ"ל שי גליק: "לו דבר כזה היה קורה בחו"ל כלפי משפחה יהודית כל העולם היה נסער ובצדק והדבר היה מכונה אירוע אנטישמי. אסור שייקרה במדינת היהודים" pic.twitter.com/2IdiSdEJF9 — דנה בצלאל • dana betzalel (@danabetzalel) December 20, 2022 UTJ MK Yisrael Eichler stated that “for several weeks now, we’ve been warning that the incitement of Lapid and Lieberman and their friends against the democratic results of the elections could lead to violence and bloodshed against the Chareidi public. Again, Chareidi girls are attacked with antisemitic words in a public park in Ramat Gan. The woman who called Chareidim ‘animals and termites’ only because they ‘dared’ visit a public park in Ramat Gan is not the only one like this in Israel. Unfortunately, there are many of these who follow after the froth of Lieberman’s inciting lips against Shomrei Torah.” “This is the old-new reality in the State of Israel and we must recognize it in order to know how to fight against it. If we continue to ignore the antisemitism, we’ll find ourselves in the period when they banned Jews and dogs from public parks. If the secular government does not stop the incitement, the situation on the street will only worsen. This is a warning call before the disaster that the anti-Charedi violence will bring, chalilah.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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