Ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem over arrest of draft evaders

Dozens of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators are rallying in Jerusalem’s Jaffa Street, blocking the city’s light rail line, in protest of the arrest of two yeshiva students who allegedly evaded the mandatory military draft.

Meanwhile the number of arrests in a similar protest in Bnei Brak has risen to 28.

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