From Dozens of Haredi men block road outside Jerusalem IDF recruitment center, set dumpster alight
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Dozens of ultra-Orthodox men block the road outside of the Jerusalem recruitment office, setting fire to a dumpster and lying down in the road.
They sing and chant that they would rather die than enlist in the Israel Defense Forces. Protesters also distribute flyers accusing Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri of selling them out by agreeing to the conscription of those who do not learn full-time in yeshiva.
Police clear the street using a truck with a roof-mounted water cannon, although they do not fire it. They use the truck to plow aside the burning dumpster.
An officer on the scene estimates around 100-120 protesters.
They were dispersed by the threat of the use of skunk spray and a police truck with a plow, pushed the garbage bin out of the road pic.twitter.com/2IIEiAIweK
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Protesters also hold a simultaneous demonstration outside the Bakum, the massive military induction base in central Israel, blocking the road in order to prevent Haredi recruits from enlisting, Israel Hayom reports.
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