Ultra-Orthodox Protest Road Blockade Over Draft Dodgers' Arrest
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Radical ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked Highway 4 near Yavne on October 18 to protest the arrest of two yeshiva students evading military service. The students were sentenced to 20 days in military prison. The protest was organized by followers of Rabbi Zvi Friedman's "Peleg Yerushalmi" movement. Further road closures were anticipated in other locations.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Radical ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked Highway 4 near Yavne on October 18.
- The protest was against the arrest of two yeshiva students evading military conscription.
- The two students were sentenced to 20 days in military prison.
- The protest was organized by followers of Rabbi Zvi Friedman's "Peleg Yerushalmi" movement.
- Additional road blockades were expected in other locations around central Israel.
Radical ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked Highway 4 in both directions near the Yavne interchange on the morning of October 18. The demonstration was in protest of the arrest and 20-day military prison sentence of two yeshiva students who had evaded military conscription. The two young men were detained in Rishon LeZion. According to the "Kikar HaShabbat" publication, one of the detained students is Yedidya Mizrahi, who studies at the "Or HaChaim" yeshiva. The protest was organized by followers of Rabbi Zvi Friedman, a radical faction within the ultra-Orthodox "Peleg Yerushalmi" movement. "Kikar HaShabbat" reported that the demonstrations, initially planned for the afternoon, were moved to the morning by organizers. Additional road blockades were expected near Bnei Brak, at the Gea intersection, the Ganot interchange, and on the approaches to Giv'at Shmuel.
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