Four draft dodgers were arrested at Ben Gurion International Airport yesterday after attempting to fly abroad to attend the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to the Ukrainian city of Uman, Channel 12 news reports.
According to the report, a total of seven Haredi draft dodgers have been arrested in recent days trying to make the pilgrimage.
The extremist ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem Faction plans to block Route 4 in Bnei Brak from 4 p.m. today in protest of the arrests.
Haredi political leaders have been lobbying for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and military officials to allow draft-dodging yeshiva students to join the annual pilgrimage to Uman, which hosts tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews who visit the tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav over Rosh Hashanah.
The Attorney General’s Office recently informed the government that it has no right to create a mechanism to let ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers leave Israel.
Sam Sokol contributed to this report.
Help us report truthfully on social media
As a multimedia journalist, my job is to take the quality, fact-based journalism produced by The Times of Israel newsroom and make it accessible across every platform — from Instagram posts to podcasts to short-form videos.
This is how many, especially young people, consume news these days. But misinformation is rampant on social media. Our team at ToI produces accurate, responsible short-form reporting on Israel and the Jewish world.
If you believe in the importance of factual social media journalism, please consider joining our reader support group, The Times of Israel Community. Your financial support is essential to sustain responsible multimedia reporting.
— Gabriella Jacobs, multimedia journalist
Support our work
Support our work
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
You're a dedicated reader
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you,
David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
Join Our Community
Join Our Community
Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
From 
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
