Haredi daily runs front page protest against arresting draft evaders
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What happened
HaModiah devoted its Wednesday front page to a rare rabbinic declaration against the arrest of draft evaders, after a Gur Hasidic man was detained at the enlistment office. Senior Haredi rabbis, including Rabbi Meir Tzvi Bergman and Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, called to stop arrests of yeshiva students and warned officials of severe spiritual consequences. The statement was published ahead of a planned large protest near Military Prison 10.
- 01HaModiah used its front page to denounce arrests of Haredi draft evaders.
- 02The statement followed the detention of a Gur Hasidic man at an enlistment office.
- 03Rabbi Meir Tzvi Bergman and Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef were among the signatories.
- 04The rabbis said arrests of yeshiva students threaten the entire world of Torah.
- 05They warned officials involved in the arrests of spiritual punishment and Gehenna.
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