Road Closures Begin Ahead of Haredi Protests, With Traffic Backups Piling Up

Road closures ahead of the Haredi protests have begun, and congestion in the center of the country is already very heavy, hours before three large concerts that could further worsen the transport chaos: Route 4 was closed in both directions from Hashiva Interchange to Mesubim Interchange because of protests by the Jerusalem Faction, following continued arrests of draft evaders and the transfer of some of those detained in the riots at the home of Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg to a military prison. At the bottom of the article, there is a long list of congestion points in the center and the north. These traffic jams are expected to remain severe throughout the evening, both because of the Haredi protests and because three major concerts will take place simultaneously in Gush Dan, Omer Adam at Ramat Gan Stadium, Ben Tzur at the Shlomo Insurance Stadium in Petah Tikva, and Eyal Golan at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv. These are the traffic jams, as of 4:00 p.m.: Center: 1 eastbound congestion from Latrun Interchange to Shoresh Interchange, 1 westbound congestion from Motsa Interchange to Harel Interchange, 1 westbound congestion from Anava Interchange to Ben Shemen Interchange. 2 northbound congestion from Hof HaSharon Interchange to Gesher HaShalom Interchange, 2 southbound congestion from Netanya Interchange to Gesher HaShalom Interchange, 4 northbound congestion from Yavne Interchange to Palmachim Bridge, 4 northbound congestion from Gan Raveh Interchange to Mesubim Interchange, due to protests, 4 northbound congestion from Ra'anana North Interchange to Hadassim Junction, 4 southbound congestion from Em HaMoshavot Interchange to Mesubim Interchange, due to protests, 5 eastbound congestion from Hatkva Interchange to Kassem Interchange, 40 northbound congestion from Ramla Lod Interchange to Achisamakh Junction, 40 northbound congestion from Lod Interchange to El Al Junction, 40 northbound congestion from Beqet Junction to the entrance to Magshimim, 41 eastbound congestion from the entrance to Ashdod Port to Ashdod Interchange, 41 westbound congestion from Ashdod Interchange to Nir Galim Junction, 44 northbound congestion from Ma'ashya Junction to Nir Tzvi Junction, 412 southbound congestion from the entrance to Or Yehuda to Beit Dagan Junction, 444 northbound congestion from the entrance to Elad to Migdal Afek Junction, 471 eastbound congestion from Sha'ar Petah Interchange to Nakhshonim Interchange, 471 westbound congestion from Ono Interchange to Bar-Ilan Interchange, 531 eastbound congestion from Hen Interchange to Ra'anana South North: 2 northbound congestion from Olga Interchange to Caesarea Interchange, 4 northbound congestion from the entrance to the Na'aman industrial zone to Ein Hamifratz Junction, 60 northbound congestion from Afula North Junction to Adashim Junction, 65 eastbound congestion from Iron Interchange to Mi Ami Junction, 65 eastbound congestion from Nin Junction to Gazit Junction, 65 westbound congestion from Sargel Junction to Megiddo Junction, 66 southbound congestion from the entrance to Midrach Oz to Megiddo Junction, route 70 northbound congestion from Sumeikh Interchange to Ablim Junction, 70 southbound congestion from the entrance to Gdida to Yasif Junction, 77 eastbound congestion from Yishi Interchange to Zardzir Interchange, 79 eastbound congestion from Galam Interchange to Sumeikh Interchange.