The most revealing bumper sticker was the one plastered in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods at the end of the campaign: "Vote for Bibi, He's Good for the Jews."

They reportedly operate in and between ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods with a Hasidic majority.

The shooting followed by less than 12 hours a suicide bombing in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem that killed nine Israelis, including six children, from a few months old to 15.

Such a postponement would be fine by Aham, a young Hasidic man who owns an immaculate sandwich shop in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem.

In avoiding the Palestinian sections, however, they must now drive near ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, where many people are prepared to throw stones to defend their sense of religious rights.

I must point out that I did hear of a few cases of wandering hands in West Jerusalem as well, several of them in the vicinity of ultra-orthodox neighborhoods.

Most roads into ultra-orthodox Jewish neighborhoods are blocked off on Friday nights, Saturdays, and Jewish holidays.

The Sikrikim began to appear in ultra-orthodox neighborhoods in 2005.

The brigades have claimed responsibility for several recent suicide bombings, including one in an ultra-Orthodox religious neighborhood in Jerusalem on March 2 that killed nine Israelis, including six children.

In Israel, some ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods are barricaded on Shabbat to prevent driving.