Overview
- Former prime minister Naftali Bennett was surrounded by dozens of yeshiva students at Moti’s restaurant in Bnei Brak and was escorted out after a disturbance developed Thursday night.
- Footage shows activists approaching the gathering and shouting at Bennett while a protester threw one or more objects in his direction; the items did not hit Bennett.
- Police at the scene arrested a suspect who was taken for questioning and investigators are handling the incident.
- Beyachad said one staff member was struck and treated at the scene by Magen David Adom and later released, while media reports differ slightly on the number of objects and who was hit.
- The clash underscores the security risks Bennett faces on the campaign trail as he presses for ‘zero exemptions’ on Haredi conscription and could harden local opposition in ultra-Orthodox areas.