Israelis are suffering, haredim have been made the scapegoat
The scenes of police cordoning off Bnei Brak like a medieval plague city will define the coronavirus crisis for most Israelis and international observers.
Israeli border policewomen chat with local residents at the entrance to Bnei Brak as Israel enforces a lockdown of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish town badly affected by coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Bnei Brak, Israel April 3, 2020(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD / REUTERS)ByGEDALIA GUTTENTAG