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Security source rejects Netanyahu claim that soldiers are being arrested inside yeshivas
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First reported by Kikar HaShabbat · 4 hours ago
What happened
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a Saturday night press conference that Torah students are being arrested inside yeshivas, while a security source told N12 this never happened. Netanyahu argued the arrests are hurting Haredi enlistment, but said sanctions should still apply to those who do not study Torah.
- 01Netanyahu claimed Torah students are being arrested inside yeshivas.
- 02A security source told N12 the IDF never arrests draft dodgers inside yeshivas.
- 03Netanyahu said the arrests are reducing, not increasing, Haredi enlistment.
- 04He called for ending the arrest policy but keeping sanctions on non-students.
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