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Goldknopf decries ‘shocking and outrageous’ attempt to arrest draft dodger
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MK Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, alongside Likud's Justice Minister Yariv Levin, left, and Defense Minister Israel Katz, right, during a Knesset vote on a bill to freeze arrests of Haredi draft evaders in Jerusalem, July 14, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
United Torah Judaism party chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf slams Military Police for its attempt to detain a draft dodger in Modiin overnight, which led to Haredi rioters gathering at the location to thwart the arrest.
“The scenes tonight are shocking and outrageous,” Goldknopf says in a statement. “The persecution of Torah scholars has reached its peak,” he claims, adding that the struggle for the rights of Torah students to lead a “Jewish lifestyle” will not end.
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