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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Haredi MK visits jailed yeshiva students held for draft dodging, calls arrests ‘stain on Israel’
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United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni visits several ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who are being held in military prison for draft evasion.
“It is a great stain on the State of Israel that someone who studies Torah is arrested and thrown into prison. This is an unbearable and unacceptable reality, and we will do everything we can to get them out of here and return them to the yeshiva to continue studying Torah,” Gafni states upon leaving the prison.
UTJ and fellow ultra-Orthodox party Shas are among the organizers of a massive “million man” prayer rally against conscription set to be held at the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon.
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