Day 973: Police Confirm June 3 Sohlberg Attack Was Organized — Buses Transported Rioters With Intent to Harm Judge; Former Supreme Court President Warns of 'Anarchy'
On June 6, 2026 (Day 973 / Ceasefire Day 240), Israeli police investigation findings confirmed that the June 3 Haredi extremist attack on Supreme Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg's home in Alon Shvut was a premeditated, organized operation — not a spontaneous protest. Police determined rioters were transported to the site by organized buses, with coordinated intent to physically harm the sitting judge and his wife. A second wave of Haredi protest activity focused on the Russian Compound police station in Jerusalem, where drafted and arrested Haredi youth were being held following the June 3-4 crackdown (62 total arrested following the Sohlberg attack). Former Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch publicly warned that Israel was 'sliding toward anarchy' in the aftermath — a statement reflecting the severity of the institutional breakdown from a figure who served as the court's president from 2006 to 2012. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara's investigation into the organized attack continued; the Police Commissioner confirmed additional charges were being prepared. The Israeli opposition, October Council (bereaved families organization), and legal scholars framed the sequence of June 3-6 events as the culmination of years of governmental delegitimization of the judiciary: attacks on the physical institution whose July 1, 2026 ruling would determine whether the Netanyahu government faces an independent October 7 accountability commission.
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- T2 Jerusalem Post Major western