Haredi MK Slams IDF Over Attempted Arrest of Yeshiva Student
Translated & summarized from JDN by baba
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- MK Goldknopf condemned the IDF's attempt to arrest a yeshiva student.
- He called the incident a "mark of disgrace for a Jewish state."
- Hundreds of yeshiva students blocked the Military Police.
- The IDF spokesperson called the students "rioters."
- The article described the protest as legal and non-violent.
Yitzhak Goldknopf, chairman of Agudat Yisrael and a Knesset member, sharply criticized the Military Police on Tuesday for an attempted overnight arrest of a yeshiva student in Modi'in. Goldknopf described the scene as "shocking and outrageous," stating that "the breaking into a private home in the dead of night by police forces to hunt a yeshiva student whose only sin is studying Torah is a mark of disgrace for a Jewish state."
He asserted that the "persecution of Torah scholars has reached its peak" and placed responsibility on the prime minister. "We will not be quiet or give up," Goldknopf declared, vowing to "fight for our right to live a Jewish way of life in the State of Israel."
According to the report, Military Police arrived at the student's home late at night. Following an alert from the 'Tzeva Schachor' system, hundreds of yeshiva students gathered and blocked the building's exit. Police forces were then called to extract the soldiers, and they ultimately left without the student.
The IDF spokesperson referred to the yeshiva students who gathered as "rioters" and claimed they endangered the soldiers' lives. The article, however, characterized the event as a "legal and non-violent protest."
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