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Thursday, August 2, 2018
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Thursday, August 2, 2018
Police disperse ultra-Orthodox draft protest in Jerusalem, arrest 46
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice say the ultra-Orthodox anti-draft demonstration in Jerusalem has been dispersed, and the roads at the entrance of the city have re-opened.
Forty-six protesters were arrested for disrupting public order, police say in a statement.
Earlier, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men protesting the recent arrest of a draft-dodging yeshiva student had blocked traffic on Jaffa Road, near the central bus station, causing heavy traffic delays in the area.
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