Ha'aretz Jerusalem police on Monday charged a 20-year-old ultra-Orthodox man with disorderly conduct and damaging the state flag, after he set Israel's flag on fire in the Shabbat Square in Jerusalem a day earlier.
Police filed for an accelerated hearing due to the fact that the man torched the flag a day before the 62nd Independence Day celebrations.
The Jerusalem District Court has set a court date for the court proceedings.
Meanwhile, dozens of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators belonging to an extreme group of anti-Zionists in Jerusalem on Monday torched Israel's flag and trash cans on Shivtei Israel Street in the capital, while hurling stones at the passing vehicles.
Police arrested a 14-year-old for torching the state flag at the site.
