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== Killing of Yosef Eisenthal ==
== Killing of Yosef Eisenthal ==
[[File:Yosef Eisental.jpg|thumb|Yosef Eisental]]
'''Yosef Eisenthal''' (Hebrew: יוסף אייזנטהל; d. 6 January 2026) [also '''Yosef Eisental''' / '''Eisentahl'''] was a 13-year-old ulra-orthodox [[Jew]] Haredi boy from the Ramot neighborhood of [[Jerusalem]] who was killed by an [[Arab]] driver during a protest against Israel’s proposed Haredi conscription law. The pious [[Talmud]]ic Jews, conscientious Objectors (COs).
'''Yosef Eisenthal''' (Hebrew: יוסף אייזנטהל; d. 6 January 2026) [also '''Yosef Eisental''' / '''Eisentahl'''] was a 13-year-old ulra-orthodox [[Jew]] Haredi boy from the Ramot neighborhood of [[Jerusalem]] who was killed by an [[Arab]] driver during a protest against Israel’s proposed Haredi conscription law. The pious [[Talmud]]ic Jews, conscientious Objectors (COs).
|date=7 January 2026
|date=7 January 2026
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Interview with Dr. Yoav Heller.
Dr. Yoav Heller points out that Haredi citizens are the most discriminated against and neglected group in Israel. Using the death of the child Yosef Eisenthal as a case study, he claims the tragedy reflects a breakdown of the “civil contract” between the state and the Haredi public. According to Heller, the state engages mainly with institutions, activists, and enforcement mechanisms rather than addressing Haredi citizens directly, leading to alienation, neglect, and systemic failure.<ref>
{{Cite news
|title="The Haredi citizen is the most discriminated citizen in the country - and therefore the most neglected": Dr. Yoav Heller in an interview
|url=https://www.kikar.co.il/kikarfm/haredi-society-civic-contract
|publisher=Kikar haShabbat
|date=January 8, 2025}}
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Or as other have put it: '''Arab citizens in Israel are often first class citizens, while Haredi Jews are third'''.
Statement by the Jerusalem Faction after the court ruling.
Following the court’s decision to release the Arab driver who ran over Yosef Eisenthal to house arrest, the Jerusalem faction issued an angry statement accusing the legal system of discrimination. They charge there is unequal enforcement of the law—“one law for Kaplan [left-wing protesters] and another for the Haredim”—and assert that Haredi lives are treated as cheap. The statement sharply criticizes the judge’s decision as proof of institutional bias against the Haredi community.<ref>
{{Cite news
|title="Our blood is cheap! One law for the Kaplan and one law for the Haredim" | The angry announcement - and the judge's outrageous claim
|url=https://www.kikar.co.il/news/t8jn0g
|publisher=Kikar haShabbat
|date=January 8, 2025}}
</ref>
Both pieces note the death of Yosef Eisenthal not only as a personal tragedy but as evidence of systemic discrimination against Haredim—socially, civically, and legally. Together, they express deep mistrust toward state institutions and the justice system, arguing that Haredi citizens are marginalized and denied equal protection and consideration.
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