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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Jerusalem Faction

Ultra-Orthodox Jews outside an army recruitment office in Jerusalem, March 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 9, 2025, 3:47 pm
AG, police silent in face of growing ecosystem of Haredi evasion organizations
‘We regret that law enforcement agencies are de facto condoning criminality on such an important issue,’ says Movement for Quality Government; offense punishable by 15 years in jail
By Sam Sokol
A mob of ultra-Orthodox men attack Maj. Gen. David Zini, the IDF officer tasked with overseeing the Haredi draft, in Bnei Brak, January 9, 2025. (Screenshot, X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 10, 2025, 2:49 pm
Bnei Brak mob attacks senior IDF officer overseeing Haredi draft; 3 arrested
PM, defense minister condemn assault on Maj. Gen. David Zini and his aide in central city; military expresses support for ‘important work’ recruiting ultra-Orthodox soldiers
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block Route 4, near Bnei Brak in central Israel, during a protest against the conscription of Haredim to the IDF, January 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 9, 2025, 11:40 pm
Haredi demonstrators block highway near Tel Aviv to protest army draft
Police disperse demonstration after several hours of rerouting traffic in both directions, say protesters accuse them of being ‘Nazis’; no arrests
By Charlie Summers, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Undated photo of then-Ponevezh Yeshiva (Ponevitch) head Rabbi Asher Deutsch. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
December 16, 2024, 3:01 pm
Rabbi Asher Deutsch, leader of hardline Jerusalem Faction, dies at 79
The radical ultra-Orthodox group he headed campaigns against drafting community members into the IDF
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox protesters hold up a sign reading, 'We will die and not enlist,' while blocking a road during a protest against army recruitment, in Bnei Brak, November 17, 2024. (Erik Marmor/ Flash90)
November 17, 2024, 8:13 pm
First 1,000 of 7,000 new Haredi enlistment orders sent out, sparking protests
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men block Route 4 near Bnei Brak, as extremist faction’s rabbi says sending Haredim to IDF ‘destroys the Torah, destroys Judaism and destroys everything’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Haredi protesters are seen blocking Route 4 in a demonstration against the conscription of yeshiva students, in this screenshot from a video taken June 20, 2024. (Screenshot via X, Shilo Fried, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 20, 2024, 11:49 pm
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox block highway in protest against IDF enlistment
Protesters, affiliated with extremist Jerusalem Faction group, tie up traffic near Bnei Brak outside Tel Aviv day after Haredi parties threaten government over military draft bill
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jews during a protest in Rosh Pina, following the arrest of an Haredi man who failed to comply with the army draft, September 13, 2023. (David Cohen/Flash90)
March 21, 2024, 7:37 pm
Extremist Haredi rabbi: Army service leads to secularization, is ‘worse than death’
‘It’s better to be pigs than in a place with secular people,’ says Jerusalem Faction leader Rabbi Zvi Friedman: ‘There is no solution’
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block a road during a protest against drafting of Haredim to the IDF, on Route 4 near Bnei Brak, March 3, 2024. (Itai Ron/Flash90)
March 3, 2024, 10:09 pm
‘We will die and not enlist’: Extremist Haredim block major highway for hours
Policewoman caught on video violently kicking demonstrator, as issue of ultra-Orthodox draft exemption returns to limelight
By ToI Staff
Haredi men block a police vehicle at the entrance to Jerusalem in protest of the arrest of an ultra-Orthodox military draft dodger, September 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 13, 2023, 8:55 pm
Haredi extremists block roads in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv to protest draft dodger’s arrest
Mass demonstrations near entrance to capital and on Route 4 include violent clashes between cops and protesters, some of whom say they’d die rather than serve in military
By ToI Staff
An ultra-Orthodox man walks past a sign for the IDF recruitment office in Jerusalem, August 16, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 13, 2023, 10:39 am
Extremist sect threatens protests after yeshiva student arrested for IDF desertion
Anti-Zionist Jerusalem Faction says it will block roads across country over detention of 23-year-old from Bnei Brak
By ToI Staff
Police scuffle with ultra-Orthodox men in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot on August 15, 2022, during a protest over the autopsy of a 4-year-old boy who was allegedly strangled to death by his uncle a few days before. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 15, 2022, 4:55 pm
Court accepts family request, orders 4-year-old released for burial without autopsy
High Court of Justice overturns previous decision that prompted violent protests in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods
By Judah Ari Gross
A protester watches as fires burn during a demonstration in Jerusalem on August 14, 2022, against the expected autopsy of a 4-year old boy. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 15, 2022, 12:36 am
Hundreds of Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protest planned autopsy of 4-year-old boy
Police arrest 5 as protesters block roads, set trash bins on fire in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh; family of victim, allegedly strangled by uncle, appeal decision to perform procedure
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police as they protest against the arrest of an IDF draft-dodger, in Jerusalem, March 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2022, 6:46 pm
Ultra-Orthodox anti-draft protesters clash with police in Jerusalem
Officers use water cannons and cavalry to disperse crowd blocking traffic at entrance to city; video shows officer knocking demonstrator to the ground and kneeling on his head
By ToI Staff
Young Haredi residents of Ashdod clash with police who were dispatched to shutter a yeshiva in the town that was operating in violation of the government lockdown on January 11, 2020. (Flash90)
January 11, 2021, 8:00 pm
Haredim clash with police at Ashdod yeshiva open in violation of lockdown
11 demonstrators arrested for assaulting officers; 3 cops and 2 city inspectors injured during rioting outside extremist sect’s educational institution
By ToI Staff
Police clash with ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting the arrest of a draft dodger, in the central city of Bnei Brak, December 27, 2020. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 28, 2020, 2:00 pm
Cop filmed punching Haredi man in head during arrest at Bnei Brak protest
Police investigating ‘inappropriate’ conduct of female officer during clashes with ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protesting arrest of draft dodger
By ToI Staff
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