"Now I'm more celebrity than Yossi" • Soldier who initiated attack - enthusiastic

The reporting was almost routine: For the second time a haredi soldier was 'attacked' in Beit Yisrael neighborhood in Jerusalem. At around 22:20 young haredim gathered in Sonnenfeld street around a soldier in uniform, and called out cries. Police force which was summoned by the citizens took him away. The soldier was not physically attacked.

But checking by Behadrey Haredim reveals what happened behind the scenes: the soldier came to the scene after in the Whatsapp group 'Friends of Dvir' – of which he is a member, a friend wrote: "Soldier, you always dreamed of being a celebrity, get off easily from the army? Put on 'A' pressed uniform. Drive to Jerusalem's Meah Shearim neighborhood. They shouted Harda"k? Great! Reporters and journalists from all sites and news channels will already contact you for further treatment of your request. Success."

A few minutes later, one of the members wrote to the soldier, "Go on A. Let's go get a sick note from a visit to Mea Shearim."

At 23:04 one of the members wrote: "Chardak on the way to Meah Shearim. Get ready in case of violence."

About 20 minutes later, he wrote: " Next to Nechama's Bakery in Beit Yisrael soldier being attacked" – as he adds enthusiastically that the soldier is now likely to get sick notes.

Photo: Uzi Perlmutter - News 24


Members of the group later wrote that news reports went on to Ynet site and announced to send photos and videos taken to news websites.

At midnight, when one group member wrote: "Wow, the whole world is talking about you" - the soldier 'attacked' responded: "What a pity you weren't there."

One of those present on the scene in Machane Israel, said in a conversation with Behadrey Haredim that thesoldier, a hareidi serving in the Air Force, arrived together with some of his friends. "They stood and spoke to him next to the car. Yeshiva students from the area began to gather around him, as they talk and take pictures with him. About 250 bochurim gathered at the place, when occasionally the soldier's friends shouted: 'Hard"k Hard"k, but the audience did not buy that. "

Meanwhile, some boys came and started yelling at the soldier: "Hard"k." One of the soldier's friends who had waited just for this moment, called the emergency number on the soldier's cell phone, and a quarter of an hour later, undercover police officers, arrived with a white Kia car. They took the soldier away.

After midnight, the soldier wrote to the group: "I'm now more of a celebrity than Yossi" (- a soldier, member of the group, who participated in a meeting at the President's Home - AS).

Photo: Aharon Wahab - News 24

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!