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Haredi anti-enlistment protesters block busy interchange at entrance to Bnei Brak

By Noam Lehmann 24 August 2026, 5:42 pm
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Several dozen Haredi men are blocking the Geha Interchange, where the Route 4 highway and major Jabotinsky Road meet at the northeastern entrance to Bnei Brak, footage shows.

Navigation apps show that the section of Jabotinsky Road surrounding the interchange has been sealed off.

Police warned of traffic disruptions in and around Bnei Brak ahead of the demonstration by the Haredi extremist Jerusalem Faction, which says it is protesting the arrest yesterday of a Bnei Brak yeshiva student who failed to enlist in the military.

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