Mendel Rata Attacked During Jerusalem Yerushalmi Faction Protest Near Haredi Recruitment Fair

During a protest by the Yerushalmi faction in Jerusalem, Mendel Rata, a Haredi soldier, was attacked while standing alongside police forces. The protest took place outside a Haredi recruitment fair on Jaffa Street, where retired Brigadier General Ofer Winter had spoken earlier. Although the protesters arrived after the event had ended and failed to disrupt it, they shouted insults including "traitor" at Rata and directed hostile chants at Winter, calling him a "agitator," "inciter," and "heretic." Large police forces were deployed to secure the event, separating protesters from attendees and preventing escalation.