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Monday, April 28, 2025
Smotrich condemns raucous Haredi protests outside IDF induction bases
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich condemns today’s anti-draft demonstrations outside several IDF bases, in which protesters attempted to prevent the induction of conscripts entering the IDF’s new ultra-Orthodox brigade.
“At this time, when the entire nation of Israel is mobilized for its security, I want to send great encouragement to the ultra-Orthodox, Torah true, God-fearing recruits who choose to shoulder the sacred responsibility of defending the people and the land,” he tweets.
“I strongly condemn the attack on them at the hands of a group of violent savages. Law enforcement authorities must seize the rioters and bring them to justice.”
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