Haredi protesters gather outside prisons nationwide in latest anti-police action

Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators are gathering outside prisons in major cities across the country to protest the police’s reported intention to transfer 19 draft dodgers to IDF custody, after they were detained during last week’s attack on the home of Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg.

The extremist Jerusalem Faction movement, known for its vehement opposition to Haredi conscription, calls on its followers to protest the transfer of the suspects to the IDF Military Police.

Police say dozens of protesters have already converged on the Russian Compound police station in Jerusalem and are trying to “block the movement of vehicles transporting the detainees from the nearby detention facility.” Law enforcement is upping its presence at the scene as officers work to break up the crowd.

Officers are seen using force against the protesters, with one cop dragging a Haredi man across a street as the crowd shouts at law enforcement. Police have not reported any arrests so far.

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Outside the walls of the Abu Kabir detention center in Tel Aviv, hundreds of young Haredi men and boys have gathered for a protest on a nearby street. Border Police officers are at the scene but have not made any move to disperse the crowd.

Protests are also taking place outside Nitzan Prison in Ramle and Hadarim Prison near Ra’anana.

A week ago, a mob of Haredi rioters descended on Sohlberg’s home, breaking the windows of his house and car, smashing pots on his front porch and vandalizing the property.

Sixty-five were arrested at the scene by police, 19 of whom were apparently later found to be draft dodgers and subsequently held in custody, according to the Jerusalem Faction.