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Monday, March 12, 2018
From the Liveblog of
Monday, March 12, 2018
Dozens of ultra-Orthodox men protest in Jerusalem against draft-dodger’s arrest
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDozens of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators block Jerusalem’s Kikar Hashabbat for a second straight night to protest the arrest of a seminary student for evading mandatory military conscription.
Police are working to clear the demonstrators from the square.
The demonstration comes after hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men held a similar protest earlier today in Bnei Brak, where they blocked several main roads and clashed with police.
The demonstration come as coalition infighting over a bill exempting ultra-Orthodox students from mandatory military service threatens to bring down the government and herald fresh elections.
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