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Undercover police arrest three haredi riot suspects after Jerusalem rock throwing

While operating in Mea She’arim, a group of rioters began throwing stones and other objects at the officers, who were then arrested.

Rioters throw rocks at Israel Police operating in Mea She'arim.
Rescuing the Torahs just days after Yom Kippur lent the mission particular meaning.

United Hatzalah volunteers rescue Torah scrolls from Jerusalem synagogue fire

Emergency units respond to a fire in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthorox Mea Shearim neighborhood on September 23, 2026.

Fire in Jerusalem's Mea She'arim neighborhood prompts mass emergency response

Signs and other items inciting and supporting terrorism were confiscated in Jerusalem's haredi (ultra-Orthodox) neighborhood of Mea She’arim, according to the Israel Police, August 18, 2026.

Terrorism-supporting signs, inciting items confiscated from Mea She'arim warehouses


Police arrest two in Mea She’arim after last week’s riot against draft

“Arresting our people or people who were connected to our battle in the past will not deter us.”

Haredim take part in a protest in Mea She’arim against the municipality opening a nearby road on Shabbat.

Breaking artistic barriers

‘Thou Shalt Not’ – A provocative new exhibition at Jerusalem’s Museum on the Seam

The artist Andi Arnovitz’s interpretation of ‘Adam and Eve’

Ex-Israeli police general: Use rubber bullets against ultra-Orthodox protestors

Security forces should have 'no mercy' when dispersing ultra-Orthodox anti-draft protestors, wrote former Israeli Police Major General Amit Arieh in a Facebook post.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend a protest against a law calling for members of their community to serve in the army, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood December 22, 2015.

IDF soldier, son of former MK Dov Lipman, attacked in Mea Shearim

"There is no way a soldier should have to think twice about going anywhere in the State of Israel.”

A TOLDOT AHARON Hassid (right) and another haredi man escort the son of former MK Dov Lipman, who is a soldier, away from an anti-Zionist mob in the capital’s Mea She’arim neighborhood on Friday.

Effigy of IDF soldier found hanging execution style in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim

Alongside the statuette in the predominantly ultra-Orthodox neighborhood hung a sign inciting against the inscription of haredi Jews into the army.

Effigy of IDF soldier found in Mea Shearim

Haredi drug trade network in Mea Shearim and Beit Shemesh uncovered by police

The undercover agent was able to purchase stolen cars, weapons and drugs, including marijuana, hashish, ecstasy and Cocaine in the ultra-Orthodox communities.

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Hamas spokesperson: We deported foreign journalists for filming missile launches

MEMRI report: Hamas claims journalists who filmed missile launching sites “were collaborating with the occupation.”

NDTV report of Palestinians assembling rockets in Gaza.

Netanyahu praises 'Dado' on anniversary of death of IDF chief of staff during Yom Kippur War

Some of highest profile terrorist acts, and counter terrorist actions, took place with David "Dado" Elazar at the helm.

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Mea She'arim and senseless no-go zones

Declaring places like Mea She’arim as no-go zones is a mistake. What police ought to be doing is entering with force and making widespread arrests of those engaged in violence.

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