Day 970: Haredi Rioters Smash Windows and Attack Home of Supreme Court Deputy President Sohlberg — 62 Arrested in 'Pogrom'-Style Attack

On the night of June 3–4, 2026 (Day 970 / Ceasefire Day 237), dozens of ultra-Orthodox extremists attacked the home of Israeli Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg in the Alon Shvut settlement in the West Bank. Rioters smashed windows, shattered the windshield of his car, broke flowerpots, and placed an Israeli flag with a swastika drawn over the Star of David outside the home. Sohlberg and his wife were inside the home at the time of the attack. Israeli police arrested 62 suspects in connection with the assault. The attack was motivated by the Supreme Court's April 2026 ruling that the government could not legally exempt Haredi men from IDF military service without formal legislation — a ruling that triggered the mass Haredi draft protests that had been paralyzing Israeli roads since early June. The attack on a sitting Supreme Court justice at his private residence was immediately characterized as a direct attack on Israel's judicial and democratic institutions. Supreme Court President Isaac Amit called it 'an attack on the rule of law,' a 'pogrom,' and said it 'crossed a red line.' Prime Minister Netanyahu called Sohlberg personally to express his condemnation and issued a statement calling the attack unacceptable. The assault occurred against the backdrop of Israel's ongoing October 7 accountability crisis: the same Supreme Court that the Haredi rioters attacked is scheduled to rule by July 1, 2026 on whether the Netanyahu government has met the minimum threshold for a credible October 7 investigation framework — 28 days away. Legal analysts noted the profound irony that extremist violence against the Supreme Court was erupting precisely as the court was about to issue its most consequential October 7 accountability ruling.