From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Woman protesting ultra-Orthodox draft evasion ejected from Knesset committee
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"
A protester is physically ejected from the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee during a discussion on ultra-Orthodox conscription.
The woman, representing an organization of soldiers’ mothers, is dragged from the chamber screaming accusations of “hypocrisy” at lawmakers as they discuss a contentious enlistment bill that will allow most Haredi men to avoid military service, as demanded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox coalition allies.
A woman representing an organization of soldiers’ mothers is ejected from a meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. She accuses the members, who are debating a Haredi conscription bill, of hypocrisy pic.twitter.com/hW2vcQQmBM
— Sam Sokol (@SamuelSokol) February 11, 2025
