I get the fact that they go out on the streets to demonstrate in favour of racial segregation in schools (between Jews of European and Middle Eastern descent) - I even get the fact they don't want to give back land captured in 1967 (some Arabs have a similar opposite view). I even get the fact that the extreme Rabbis say it is ok to slaughter non-Jewish children to protect Jews.
However, you'd expect them to live by God's law in the 10 commandments, wouldn't you? At least they shouldn't steal from other Jews or the Jewish state. (We'll overlooking the 'though shall not steal' and 'kill' when it comes to Arabs.)
But alas, we now find that at least some Ultra-Orthodox groups are suspected of fraud and stealing state funds.
Just goes to show - just because you look like a Mullah or Rabbi, doesn't make you less human or less prone to committing crimes. Applies in Pakistan as well as Israel..
Ultra-Orthodox groups suspected of forging IDs to swindle state funds
Associations in charge of ultra-Orthodox schools falsely reported having hundreds of students, funneling millions of shekels into their pockets.
By Nir Hasson
Israel Police forces on Sunday confiscated more than 1,000 fake identification documents allegedly produced by ultra-Orthodox educational organizations.
Police investigators raided the offices of three associations in charge of ultra-Orthodox education in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Mea She'arim, Beitar Ilit and Ramat Beit Shemesh. Six people were arrested.
According to police investigation, the ultra-Orthodox groups forged the IDs in order to receive monthly stipends from the Education Ministry for their own benefit, on behalf of students who do not actually exist.
The groups falsely reported occupancy of hundreds of students in the religious schools under their management, when in fact only a few dozen students attend those institutions. Police are inquiring about the funds funneled to the institutions and foresee further arrests.
Rabbi Uri Regev, who heads the Organization for Religious Freedom and Equality (Hiddush) said similar affairs have been exposed by police in the past.
"The state's massive funding of ultra-Orthodox yeshivas leads to corruption, and this is another example of the damage it might cause," said Regev.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/ul ... s-1.325932
