MK (Blue and White) Michael Biton, a senior official in the party, has attacked the policeman who pulled Yehoshua Kroizer by his peyos, as he was arresting him during a recent Beit Shemesh protest.

During an interview with Kikar Shabbos News, Biton called the act “A stigma of chareidi hating”.

In Biton’s words, “I watched the video and I was shocked. A policeman pulling one’s peyos – is there no respect for Yiddishkeit? No respect for another human being? He took advantage of his authority”.

“This authority at times is being abused; against Ethiopians and chareidim, a stigma of hating chareidim” Biton added.

“Peyos are holy, and we must not compromise one’s self-respect, and this is due to hate and incitement among people. The future in Israeli public life is to find a broad common denominator, only there will we find the way to live together without hatred that leads to such difficult acts”, Biton concluded.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)