Extremist Haredi protesters block entrance to IDF induction center in Jerusalem

By Sam Sokol 11 June 2025, 5:51 pm

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Sam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

An Ultra-Orthodox man near a protest outside an IDF enlistment center in Jeursalem, June 10, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Extremist members of the ultra-Orthodox community block the entrance to the IDF’s Jerusalem enlistment bureau. Videos from the scene show the protesters sitting inside the building’s revolving gate and loudly banging on its fence.

The protest comes as senior coalition officials hold talks with Haredi representatives in a last-ditch effort to reach an agreement on conscription that would keep them from voting in favor of a preliminary reading of a bill today to dissolve the Knesset.

Haredim protesting outside the Jerusalem enlistment bureau (video via @lechathila) pic.twitter.com/8XWqeXMHco

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