Orthodox MK Declares Independence from Netanyahu Bloc
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
Member of Knesset Yitzhak Pindrus declared his party is not aligned with Prime Minister Netanyahu's bloc and will vote independently on a future government. This statement comes after protests against draft dodger arrests caused major traffic disruptions in Jerusalem and central Israel. Shas Chairman Arie Deri accused the Attorney General of orchestrating these events to harm the Haredi community and the right-wing bloc.
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- MK Yitzhak Pindrus stated his party is not part of Netanyahu's bloc and will vote independently.
- Protests against draft dodger arrests caused significant traffic jams in Jerusalem and central Israel.
- Shas Chairman Arie Deri accused the Attorney General of orchestrating events to harm the Haredi public.
- The demonstrations involved blocking major roads and disrupted public transportation.
- Pindrus confirmed United Torah Judaism will vote as a unified bloc.
Pindrus asserted that United Torah Judaism will vote as a unified bloc.
His remarks followed large demonstrations in Jerusalem and central Israel on Thursday protesting the renewed arrests of draft dodgers. During these protests, Route 4 was blocked northbound near the Aluf Sadeh interchange and southbound near Umm al-Fahm. Police initially blocked the road southbound near Bnei Brak, but later hundreds of protestors blocked it in both directions at the Coca-Cola Bridge, causing severe traffic congestion. In Jerusalem, hundreds of protestors blocked the entrance to the city at the Chords Bridge, traffic on Bar Ilan Street was halted, and disruptions occurred on the light rail.
Shas Chairman Arie Deri also criticized the justice system and military police during the protests, claiming the arrests of yeshiva students and subsequent demonstrations are part of a deliberate effort to harm the Haredi public and the right-wing bloc. Deri alleged that the "proactive and painful arrests of yeshiva students at this time, and the chaos we are now seeing on Israel's roads, are the work of the Attorney General, with the aim of dismantling the right-wing bloc, making the Haredi public hated, and causing parts of it to refrain from voting."
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