An initial police probe into a riot carried out by ultra-Orthodox extremists at the home of Deputy Chief Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg on Wednesday has found that it was organized in advance with the intent to physically harm the judge, Channel 12 reported Saturday, quoting a senior official involved in the investigation.

Dozens of Haredi extremists descended on Solberg’s home in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut while he and his wife were present, as they protested against the arrest of ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers. Images from the aftermath showed shattered windows, a car in the garage with a smashed windshield, and a small Israeli flag with a swastika in place of the Star of David.

The rioters arrived on several buses, the Channel 12 report said, quoting the unnamed official as saying that the event “was not a spontaneous gathering.”

“They planned to physically harm the judge,” the source said, adding that they would have succeeded “if a large force of riot police had not arrived in time and dispersed them.”

According to the report, the rioters arrived with fake identification cards in an effort to hinder their arrests.

Police arrested 62 people in connection with the incident, which came amid a string of violent........

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