The Haredim10 website, which is aimed at the ultra-Orthodox community, reported tuesday that a rumor that the Gomel border crossing was open caused thousands of pilgrims in Belarus to rush to the site on Monday. , clashed through Ukrainian border guards who refused to let them continue in their country.
“An organization of 170 hasidim controlled to locate a legal loophole and, according to its account, in exchange for a payment ($3,000 each), the government agreed to let them cross the border tonight (Monday),” Bratslav Secretariat’s statement said. . ” In practice, after cargoes of more hasidim arrived at the border crossing, Ukrainian border guard forces deployed forces and the Ukrainian border commander himself arrived at the site to make sure no one entered.
The Jasidim who have already left the Belarusian border are now stranded at the crossroads between the two countries, he said. It is not known why potential pilgrims cannot return to Belarus.
The secretariat said it attributed the full duty of the stage to the “Government of Israel, its ministers and officials who hunt down the Bratslav Hasidim and force them to remain at borders, rejected as refugees on the road to fulfilling their ideals as indicated. “through their rabbis.
The online page Kikar Hashabbat, another ultra-Orthodox media outlet, said Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri had in recent days spoken to Ukrainian officials in an effort to solve the pilgrim problem, but until now Ukrainians were not in a position to do so. let them in.
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