Channel 12 journalist Eli Hirshman published additional footage of a support rally for Haredi detainees in Jerusalem on Thursday evening. The rally, captured by photographer Doovidel, continues the wave of protests against the arrest of draft evaders.
Channel 12 journalist Eli Hirshman released additional footage of a support rally for Haredi detainees in Jerusalem on Thursday evening. The footage, captured by photographer Doovidel, documents the latest gathering in a protest wave that began earlier in the evening with a convoy from Beit Shemesh to Jerusalem, continuing through a march of hundreds of protesters chanting “we will not serve in the enemy army.”
The Zioneer reported at 17:26 Jerusalem that a convoy of dozens of vehicles departed Beit Shemesh in coordination with police, showing support for 63 individuals recently released from detention in connection with the disturbance at Supreme Court Justice Noam Solberg’s home. Subsequent updates noted that some participants in the convoy were arrested and jailed, that the convoy arrived in Jerusalem with released detainees paraded on trucks dressed in Shabbat clothes while the crowd danced around them, and that hundreds of protesters marched through the city chanting anti-enlistment slogans. The new footage adds visual corroboration of the rally.
The protests are part of a broader wave of Haredi demonstrations against the enforcement of conscription law, a topic that has generated repeated confrontations between ultra-Orthodox communities and Israeli security forces over the past two months. The Zioneer has previously covered similar protests, including road blockades and clashes with police.
The footage does not provide details on the number of participants or the specific identities of the detainees involved.
8 developments
- StrongThree soldiers attacked near Justice Solberg's home in Jerusalem, flee unharmed
- StrongHaredi protesters block Jerusalem light rail, clash with civilians as Sephardic rally begins
- DevelopingHaredi protesters try to block extradition of draft evaders to military police in Jerusalem
- DevelopingHaredi protests spread to multiple cities after draft dodger arrests
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