A mass Haredi prayer rally in Jerusalem against IDF conscription has officially ended, though hundreds of young men are now clashing with Border Police.
Despite the emcee’s urging demonstrators to disperse calmly, large crowds remain near the entrance to Jerusalem.
The officers charge the protesters after a group tried to enter the construction site where a teenager fell to his death.
Yosef Goffman, a yeshiva student from Jerusalem who attended the rally today, tells The Times of Israel that he is saddened by the event’s tragic conclusion and the subsequent scuffles with police.
He typically refrains from partaking in anti-draft demonstrations, but came to today’s rally because it was endorsed by the ultra-Orthodox parties in the Knesset, as opposed to the more radical Jerusalem Faction.
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