Ultra-Orthodox Parties Attack Authorities Over Detention of Yeshiva Students at Ben Gurion Airport
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
Ultra-Orthodox parties harshly criticized authorities after dozens of Chabad yeshiva students were detained at Ben Gurion Airport for being listed as draft dodgers. Shas faction chairman Yinon Azulai is working with IDF officials for their release. The students were seen boarding a bus outside the airport.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Ultra-Orthodox parties attacked authorities after dozens of Chabad yeshiva students were detained at Ben Gurion Airport.
- Shas accused the Attorney General of unprecedented political interference in the election campaign.
- Yaakov Asher called for Judge Noam Sohlberg to intervene and stop the election disruption.
- Shas faction chairman Yinon Azulai is working with IDF officials for the students' immediate release.
- The detained students were identified as draft dodgers from the Chabad Hasidic yeshiva.
- Footage showed the students boarding a bus outside the airport.
Ultra-Orthodox parties launched a sharp attack on Tuesday following the detention of dozens of students from the Chabad Hasidic yeshiva at Ben Gurion Airport.
I call on Judge Sohlberg to intervene immediately and stop the disruption of the elections."
Shas released a harsh statement accusing the Attorney General of blatant and unprecedented political interference in the election campaign by ordering the arrest of yeshiva students, despite a temporary law enacted to prevent political interference during elections. The party condemned the morning arrests of the Chabad yeshiva students at Ben Gurion Airport.
In response to the incident, Yinon Azulai, chairman of the Shas faction and a member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, acting on the instructions of party chairman Aryeh Deri, is working with senior IDF officials to secure the immediate release of the students.
Dozens of students from the Chabad Hasidic yeshiva were detained upon landing at Ben Gurion Airport after it was discovered they were listed as draft dodgers. Footage from the scene shows the students boarding a bus outside the airport.
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