According to reports in the Israeli press, the ultra orthodox community is at war with the city's authorities. They've set upma
Militia, the sikerikii, named after an ancient knife-wielding sect, who are terrorising the inhabitants of the city and gave turned ultra orthodox neighbourhoods into no-go areas. On Friday they set fire to a church on ha'nevi'im street.
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