Ultra-Orthodox Faction Plans Mass Protests Over Draft Evasion Arrests
Summarized from Ynetnews by baba
A hard-line ultra-Orthodox group, the Jerusalem Faction, announced mass protests for Thursday in Jerusalem and central Israel against recent arrests of draft evaders. The protests are in response to the detention of yeshiva students and married men studying Torah full-time. The announcement follows riots in Modi'in where protesters prevented an arrest, and an IDF admission of pausing proactive draft evader arrests recently. Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon criticized the lack of enforcement, calling it inconsistent with security needs and equality.
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- Ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem Faction announced mass protests for Thursday against draft evasion arrests.
- Protests are a response to the arrest of yeshiva students and married men studying Torah.
- The announcement follows riots in Modi'in where protesters prevented a draft evader's arrest.
- IDF admitted to pausing proactive draft evader arrests recently, citing border crossing focus.
- Deputy Attorney General criticized the lack of enforcement as inconsistent with security needs.
- 212 draft evaders, mostly ultra-Orthodox, were arrested at border crossings in September.
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