The video was taken in the city of Beit Shemes near JerusalemMonday, called for an official response from the authorities.
The demonstrators were protesting outside a centre where a conference on integration was being held. Haredi Jews In the labor market.
In the footage, a police officer can be heard saying: “There is approval,” before the wave of brutal beatings on the protesters begins.
The Israeli news website Walla reported that “before the police intervened, the demonstrators broke down the doors of the center, spat on the women, and chanted phrases such as: Death to the Israeli army.”
Official reaction
Commissioner said Israeli police Danny Levy, “The police take seriously the incident that occurred on Monday evening in Beit Shemesh, which contradicts its values, and therefore ordered an immediate investigation into its circumstances, including the behavior of the leadership and the police officers who were involved in the incident.”
The police later announced that the officers seen attacking the Haredim had been suspended from their operational duties.
In its announcement, the police confirmed that “from an initial review of the video footage, it appears that the officers’ conduct in the incident was not consistent with what is expected of them as police officers.”
It concluded that “accordingly, at this stage, the officers and commanders involved will be removed from their operational duties until administrative measures are considered.”
