And anti-Hareidi Hareidi graffiti:-
That was snapped by me this evening at Meah Shearim Square at represents internecine warfare between the Sikrikim and the Gerrer Hasidim. It reads, in part:
Gur - Murderers; Litchman - Super Murderer;
Background:
The protests and violence are part of what has been essentially a long-running dispute over a prime parcel of Mea She'arim real estate, called Batei Varshaw (“Warsaw Houses”), originally meant for use by poor hareidi immigrant families from Poland, but now at the center of a struggle over affordable housing and real estate development involving longtime residents (who claim they are being forced out), Gerrer Hasidim (who claim the Sikrikim group is trying to drive out Gerrer residents of the area), and the Sikrikim (who claim the Gerrer Hasidim are seeking to take over and use the area for a mass real estate project).
Batei Varshaw, with 150 apartments, is located right off Shabbat Square at the center of Mea She'arim -- and almost everyone agrees that the 130-year-old neighborhood is badly in need of an upgrade due to its dilapidated state.
The dispute has engendered angry words and worse between the groups; several weeks ago, a resident of Mea She'arim, Avraham Hirschman, was beaten badly by a group of people he says were Gerrer Hasidim, who claim that he was a member of the Sikrikim and had vandalized the home of the Gerrer Rebbe. Hirschman, who was treated for multiple wounds in Hadassah Ein-Kerem Hospital, denies being a member of the group, and says he knows nothing about the vandalism.
The dispute has been responsible for tensions in hareidi-religious communities in other towns and cities in Israel, such as Beit Shemesh. Several weeks ago, the supervisory council Eida HaChareidit, considered the supreme authority for hareidi Jews in Mea She'arim, issued a demand that the violence stop immediately.
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