Bnei Brak: Police arrest 15 in violent anti-draft rally

Dozens of ultra-Orthodox men are protesting in Bnei Brak over the arrests of two yeshiva students for military draft evasion, blocking the city’s Rabbi Akiva and Hashomer streets.

Ultra-Orthodox protesters demonstrating in Jerusalem against a court ruling that rejected legislation deferring mandatory conscription into the Israel Defense Forces, September 17, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ahmed Gharbali)

Police say some of the protesters exhibited violent behavior and assaulted officers.

Police have arrested 15 of the protesters so far.

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