A large doll dressed as an Ultra orthodox jewish soldier hangs next to a Palestinian flag in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, March 14, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
An effigy of a Haredi IDF soldier was photographed dangling from a wire next to a Palestinian flag in the ultra-Orthodox Mea She’arim neighborhood in Jerusalem this morning, in what appeared to be an act of protest against Haredi conscription laws.
In response to a query from the Times of Israel, the Jerusalem District Police says that the hanging doll was removed by the neighborhood’s residents sometime this morning.
A doll dressed as an IDF soldier hangs next to a sign declaring, ‘We will die before we draft’ in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Beit Shemesh, March 14, 2025. (Israel Police)
It was not clear what prompted its removal.
A similar effigy was seen strung up on mock gallows on the side of a building in Beit Shemesh, home to a large ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
A sign hanging next to the dummy declared: “We will die before we are drafted.”
Police say that officers dismantled the scene and confiscated the doll, taking it back to the police station.
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