Story perspectives

Convicted Offender Leads Hasidic Grave Protest; Stones Injure Two

7/14/2026

Summary

Story summary

Eliezer Berland, a convicted sex offender, led around 100 Breslov Hasidim into Kifl Haris on Monday night to protest access to graves of Yehoshua Ben Nun and Caleb Ben Yefuna.
Palestinian residents threw stones, injuring two participants who refused hospital treatment fearing draft-evasion charges.
Police and Israeli Defense Forces arrived after the protest, opened an investigation and arrested five Jerusalem residents aged 16 to 20 near the Hizma crossing.

1 of 1

Story summary

Eliezer Berland, a convicted sex offender, led around 100 Breslov Hasidim into Kifl Haris on Monday night to protest access to graves of Yehoshua Ben Nun and Caleb Ben Yefuna.
Palestinian residents threw stones, injuring two participants who refused hospital treatment fearing draft-evasion charges.
Police and Israeli Defense Forces arrived after the protest, opened an investigation and arrested five Jerusalem residents aged 16 to 20 near the Hizma crossing.