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Jerusalem Faction

Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators block Route 1 near Jerusalem during a protest against the imprisonment of yeshiva students who failed to comply with military recruitment orders, June 24, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 25, 2026, 12:58 am
Haredi convoys spark clashes, traffic chaos; most protesters fail to reach IDF prison
Police assess 1,000 cars joined anti-draft demonstration; video shows some members of public reacting violently to protesters; pregnant woman reportedly hurt in car accident caused by convoy
By Sam Sokol
Police clash with Haredi protesters on Route 4, June 17, 2026 (Screen grabs/Channel 13)
June 17, 2026, 4:24 pm
Haredi anti-draft protest blocks highway near Tel Aviv, 8 hurt as police clear road
Police arrest 5; use stun grenades and batons in violent dispersal that sparks rare criticism from Ben Gvir, who has championed using force against anti-government demonstrators
By Charlie Summers, Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian
Protesters block traffic on Route 4, near the Ganot Interchange in central Israel, as they demonstrate against the arrest of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders, on June 1, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 1, 2026, 8:36 pm
Mass ultra-Orthodox protests block roads, halt traffic over arrest of draft dodgers
Public transport heavily impacted as protesters climb onto railway tracks in central Israel, block Jerusalem light rail; protester hit by motorcyclist, seriously injured on Route 4
By Sam Sokol and Shira Silkoff
MK Moshe Gafni attends a finance committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, April 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 27, 2026, 7:26 pm
Following draft evader arrests, Gafni calls on Haredim to halt cooperation with police
Degel HaTorah chair urges local representatives not to ‘become complicit in harming the holy Torah.’ MKs advance bill restoring daycare subsidies for the children of draft dodgers
By Sam Sokol
A police car is seen on its side after a riot to protest against the jailing of a Jewish seminary student who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, in Jerusalem on December 18, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 17, 2026, 8:57 am
Haredi extremists brag openly of campaign to obstruct cops, but evade consequences
In carefully worded emails, Jerusalem Faction organizers boast of mobilizing protests to block enforcement against draft dodgers, sometimes violently, while hiding behind laws protecting free speech
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who evaded the draft outside the home of Military Police chief Brig. Gen. Yuval Yamin in Ashkelon, May 14, 2026. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
May 15, 2026, 2:57 am
Haredi extremists demonstrate outside Military Police chief’s home, 2 weeks after breaking into it
IDF condemns protest by demonstrators opposed to arrests of Haredi draft evaders; one protester reportedly detained, then released a short while later
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block a road and clash with police at the entrance to Jerusalem during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who evaded the draft, April 29, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 29, 2026, 9:29 pm
Haredi anti-draft protesters block entrance to Jerusalem, are dispersed after 2 hours
Day after members of extremist Jerusalem Faction breached home of IDF officer, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters block cars, resist police in opposition to arrest of draft evaders
By ToI Staff
Haredi extremists protesting the arrest of a draft evader break into the backyard of the house of Military Police chief Brig. Gen. Yuval Yamin in Ashkelon, April 28, 2026. (Israel Police)
April 29, 2026, 6:15 pm
Rioters who broke into IDF police chief’s home charged with assault, trespassing
Charges also include property damage and unlawful assembly; Ashkelon court extends detention of 10 suspects who held anti-conscription protest in yard of top officer
By Sam Sokol
Police officers at the scene where Haredi extremists protesting the arrest of a draft evader broke into the backyard of the house of Military Police chief Brig. Gen. Yuval Yamin in Ashkelon, April 28, 2026. (Israel Police)
April 28, 2026, 10:18 pm
Haredi anti-draft rioters break into Military Police chief’s home with family inside; 25 arrested
Netanyahu condemns extremists’ action, as do defense minister and chief of staff, who says it ‘crosses a dangerous red line’; Jerusalem Faction: ‘Leave the Torah students alone’
By Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian
Two female IDF soldiers are rescued by police after being chased by a mob in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak on February 15, 2026. (Screenshots/David Keshet/X)
February 15, 2026, 8:18 pm
2 female soldiers attacked by rioting Haredi mob in Bnei Brak, rescued by police
Police nab 23 rioters after cop car flipped, motorcycle set alight; Tel Aviv police chief chides IDF for not clearing army visit with cops; IDF chief fumes that soldiers ‘cannot move freely’ in Israel
By Sam Sokol, Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman
Dradt evader Meir Yonah addresses an event held in honor of his release from military prison, January 26, 2026. (Notnim Gav/The Jerusalem Faction)
February 4, 2026, 6:26 pm
Haredi extremists pay grants to draft evaders after their release from military prison
Group linked to Jerusalem Faction hands one dodger NIS 60,000, says ‘the goal is to strengthen all yeshiva students so they won’t be afraid to go to jail’
By Sam Sokol
Police detain an ultra-Orthodox man during a protest against Haredi enlistment to the IDF outside a military recruitment center in Jerusalem, November 12, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 28, 2025, 4:30 pm
Bismuth’s ‘conscription’ law is a corrupt load of crock meant to keep Haredim out of the army
Netanyahu seeks to rush bill through Knesset and tout its sham goals of ‘thousands of conscripts’ in election campaign, but it sets meaningless quotas and guts enforcement
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Ultra-Orthodox protesters against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, outside the military prison in Beit Lid, near Kfar Yona, August 20, 2025. (Gili Yaari /Flash90)
August 20, 2025, 11:21 pm
Haredi anti-enlistment protesters block roads, clash with motorists in ‘day of rage’
Demonstrators yell ‘shiksa’ and throw water on woman who kicked protester; one climbs atop car breaking highway blockade, another arrested for spitting on police officer
By Sam Sokol, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators burn enlistment orders at a demonstration outside the Beit Lid military prison, August 14, 2025. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
August 15, 2025, 5:05 am
‘Free the hostages’: Hundreds of Haredim protest outside prison holding draft evaders
Ultra-Orthodox extremists set fire to IDF conscription orders, briefly try to break into military prison, with some claiming their political leaders haven’t been hardline enough
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men block a road during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order in Jerusalem on August 7, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
August 10, 2025, 2:49 am
Haredim said considering protesting at Israeli embassies against arrest of draft dodgers
Escalating protest against military’s crackdown on draft evaders comes as new defense committee chair promises to ‘find the balance’ between religious tradition and military service
By Sam Sokol
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