Extreme factions announced a 'day of rage' for Thursday with protests and blockades at five major junctions in central Israel starting at 16:30. The locations include Ben Gurion interchange on Highway 1 and others on Highways 40, 4, 6, and 471, according to the group's post. No arrests or disruptions have been reported as of yet.
Extreme factions have called for a 'day of rage' with protests and roadblocks set to begin at 16:30 at five major interchanges across central Israel: Ben Gurion on Highway 1, Kiryat Sde Hatekufa on Highway 40, Em HaMoshavot on Highway 4, Nahshonim and Kesem on Highway 6, and Sha'arya on Highway 471, according to the group's post. The announcement, made around midday Thursday, follows a sequence of calls by the Jerusalem Faction earlier this same day; The Zioneer reported at 15:03 that the Jerusalem Faction had announced protests starting at 17:00, citing the arrest of yeshiva students and their transfer to military prison. In that earlier report, organizers said blockade locations would not be revealed in advance and promised 'surprises' for activists.
This development is the latest in a thread that began on the same day. At 15:03, The Zioneer first reported, citing N12's Eli Hirshman, that the Jerusalem Faction was recalculating its protest map after learning police planned to transfer 19 yeshiva students to military prison. Shortly afterward, at 15:03, the desk reported the faction's statement that police had crossed a 'red line' by completing the transfer of 17 detainees, vowing an intensified struggle. Then, at 15:03, the faction called for a nationwide protest Friday under the slogan 'To prison, not to the army!'. The source remained the faction's own statements throughout; no independent confirmation of the arrests or transfer had appeared in this thread.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today, the protests are framed by the faction as a response to the detention and transfer of yeshiva students to military prison, which the group describes as a 'red line' in a broader standoff over military draft enforcement for Haredi yeshiva students.
It remains unverified whether security forces have made any arrests or whether the announced interchanges are the only intended locations; the earlier Jerusalem Faction announcement stated that some locations would not be revealed in advance.
5 developments
- StrongJerusalem faction announces end of protests
- DevelopingCommentator Yinon Magal says road-blocking protests reflect 'ongoing chaos' after Jerusalem faction hit-and-run
- StrongHaredi protesters block highways, halt trains across central Israel
- DevelopingPolice forcibly clear protesters blocking road in Israel
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