A message from a counterprotest group against Haredi demonstrators in Bnei Brak Friday afternoon calls on participants to bring clubs — Hebrew slang for batons — alongside eggs, according to one report. The protest responds to a planned Haredi road blockade over the military service burden.
By mid-afternoon Friday, organizers of a counterprotest in Bnei Brak against a planned Haredi road blockade had posted an inflammatory call to participants in their internal WhatsApp group: 'Want to bring eggs? Come with clubs.' The message was cited by journalist Avi Moskov and reported by a single source. The counterprotest, scheduled between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., responds to a Haredi demonstration over exemptions from IDF service — a long-running flashpoint. The posting escalates the tone of what had earlier been framed as a protest of hundreds against inequality in the burden of service. Police presence in the city has not been officially detailed, and the Haredi road-blockade plans themselves remain unconfirmed in open reporting. No arrests or confrontations were reported as of this writing, and it is not clear whether the call reflects a broad participant intent or an individual organizer's rhetoric.
2 developments
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- DevelopingMothers' Front group threatens to block entrances to Bnei Brak and Haredi cities
- DevelopingBnei Brak council member Yaakov Vider condemns anti-draft protesters blocking entrances
- DevelopingExtremist Haredi activists block entrance to Beit Lid military prison
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