A Haredi teen set fire to an Israeli flag in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim neighborhood earlier this evening after the Brothers in Arms movement staged a protest against IDF conscription inequality in the insular ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.
Also during the event, protesters were pelted by eggs, Hebrew media outlets report, and several violent incidents broke out between members of the community and protesters.
During the protest, Brothers in Arms member Dror Erez addressed the onlookers in Yiddish, Channel 12 reports.
“Tell your leaders enough is enough, we want to be part of the Jewish people in the State of Israel,” he told the crowd. “We need you to join the army, we can’t carry you on our backs. We want to share the burden equally, what was in the past cannot continue.”
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