Draft Dodger Arrested at Wedding Celebration, Haredi Parties Demand Release
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Military police arrested yeshiva student Yaari Lieberman on Sunday while he was on his way to a wedding celebration, reportedly using his phone's geolocation. The Shas party and Agudat Yisrael chairman MK Yitzhak Goldknopf condemned the arrest, demanding Lieberman's release. This marks Lieberman's second attempted arrest in recent weeks, following a previous incident where a crowd prevented his capture.
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- Yeshiva student Yaari Lieberman was arrested by military police on his way to a wedding celebration.
- Journalists suggest Lieberman was located using his mobile phone's geolocation.
- The Shas party condemned the arrest and demanded the groom's immediate release.
- MK Yitzhak Goldknopf called the arrest a "new low" in the persecution of Torah scholars.
- This is Lieberman's second attempted arrest in recent weeks.
- A previous attempt to arrest Lieberman was thwarted by a crowd of Haredi individuals.
Military police apprehended yeshiva student Yaari Lieberman on Sunday as he and his bride were en route to a "Sheva Brachot" celebration marking their wedding. Journalists speculate that authorities located Lieberman using his mobile phone's geolocation. According to the ultra-Orthodox publication Kikar.co.il, Lieberman's bride was not informed of the military police involvement and feared her fiancé had been kidnapped, as the officers were in plain clothes and unmarked. The Shas party issued a condemnation of the arrest, calling for the immediate release of the groom so he could continue his wedding festivities. Shas stated this action was a necessary step to "correct the situation and overcome the societal rift." Knesset Member Yitzhak Goldknopf, chairman of Agudat Yisrael, described the arrest during a wedding celebration as "a new low in the campaign against Torah scholars." He added that the "obsessive persecution" of yeshiva students, whose only "crime" is studying Torah, had crossed all bounds of humanity and sensitivity, calling the detention a "stain on the reputation of the Jewish state."
This is Lieberman's second apprehension in recent weeks. On October 6, military police attempted to arrest him at his parents' home in Modiin. Hundreds of Haredi individuals reportedly intervened, preventing his capture at that time.
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