A yeshiva student from the Belz Hasidic community detained yesterday for draft evasion was released this morning, according to Haredi sources. Sephardic members of the ultra-Orthodox community are continuing to complain that only Sephardic yeshiva students are arrested and jailed for evading military service.
A yeshiva student from the Belz Hasidic community who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of draft evasion was released this morning, according to Haredi sources. The arrest and release come amid ongoing tensions over military conscription within the ultra-Orthodox community.
The release follows a pattern of reported arrests of draft evaders — including a 29-year-old father of five from Belz who was arrested at the IDF recruitment center earlier this week, as The Zioneer reported on Thursday. Those incidents have fueled allegations, leveled by Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef last week, that military police target only Sephardic soldiers and yeshiva students for arrest while avoiding Ashkenazi counterparts. Sephardic members of the Haredi community are continuing to voice similar complaints.
The information is based on a single Haredi the source; no official IDF or military police statement has confirmed the details of this specific arrest or release.
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