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Jerusalem police spokesman Shmulik Ben-Ruby told Kol Chai Radio host Mordechai Lavi on Wednesday morning (Sept. 21) that the arrests that took place in Meah Shearim on Tuesday were just the beginning of efforts to shut down the sikrikim, not the end. Ben-Ruby explains that police received information that these people are involved in collecting protection money from merchants, simply they are running a ?collections racket?. He cited a case in which a seforim store in Meah Shearim was targeted because he also sells ?Zionist? books which did not find favor in the eyes of these people.

When threats did not do the trick, the store window was smashed and damage was significant, followed by pashkavilim against the store. The store owner did not run to police because he feared a cheirim would result from such an act. The person responsible is in custody he explained, arrested on Tuesday, and he will face a criminal indictment. He is among the leaders of the sikrikim.

Ben-Ruby explained that 99% of the Meah Shearim population shuns the sikrikim, but there simply is not enough cooperation between residents of the community and police.

Regarding the arrest of Yolish Krauss, his issue is that of the slaughterhouse that he runs in the community.

(YWN ? Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

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