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Monday, August 5, 2024
Haredim clash with police as first draftees slated to report to IDF recruitment offices
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleClashes are taking place next to the IDF recruiting office at Tel Hashomer, as hundreds of extremist ultra-Orthodox men protest against the intention to draft members of the community.
Footage from the scene shows scuffling between the demonstrators and police. Some are calling: “To prison and not to the army.”
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Today, the first 900 previously-exempted yeshiva students are due to show up at the recruitment offices, although senior Haredi spiritual leaders have forbidden their disciples from coming. The Walla new site cites an estimation that a third of the draftees will end up serving.
The protests are expected to grow later in the day, and the police have preemptively announced some nearby roads will be blocked to traffic today.
The Times of Israel Community.