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Ultra-Orthodox Protesters Wear Yellow Badges, Compare IDF Draft to Nazi Persecution on Highway 4

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First reported by Behadrei Haredim · 4 hours ago

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Ultra-Orthodox protesters on Highway 4 wore yellow badges and compared IDF conscription to Nazi persecution, sparking political condemnation. The demonstration opposed mandatory military service and followed the arrest of a draft-dodging yeshiva student. Political leaders denounced the use of Holocaust imagery and vowed to end exemptions and state funding for draft evaders.

01Ultra-Orthodox protesters wore yellow badges comparing IDF draft to Nazi persecution on Highway 4.
02Protesters chanted slogans opposing military service, claiming faith is more important than life.
03Political leaders condemned the protest's Holocaust symbolism and called it disgraceful.
04Yisrael Beiteinu and Yachdut leaders vowed to end exemptions and cut funding for draft evaders.
05The protest followed the arrest of a draft-dodging yeshiva student linked to a fraud case.
06Supreme Court struck down a law protecting draft evaders from arrest, complicating enforcement.

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