Ultra-Orthodox Protests Erupt in Jerusalem After Draft Dodger Arrest
Summarized from Haaretz English by baba
Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrated in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh on Sunday evening after a yeshiva student was arrested and sentenced to 20 days in prison for evading military service. Protesters blocked light rail tracks in Jerusalem, and police used stun grenades to disperse them, reporting that stones were thrown. United Torah Judaism chairman Yaakov Asher criticized the arrest and demanded the student's release.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrated in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh on Sunday evening.
- The protests followed the arrest and 20-day prison sentence of a yeshiva student evading military service.
- Protesters blocked light rail tracks in Jerusalem, leading to police intervention with stun grenades.
- Police reported that protesters threw stones at officers during the demonstrations.
- Yaakov Asher, chairman of United Torah Judaism, called the arrest 'boundless insensitivity'.
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