Extremist Haredi activists blocked the entrance to the Beit Lid military prison this morning, Israeli media reports. The protest targets arrests of draft evaders and follows a series of similar demonstrations across the country.
Extremist Haredi activists blocked the entrance to the Beit Lid military prison on Monday morning, according to Israeli reports, in the latest escalation of protests against the arrest of draft evaders. The demonstration follows a similar blockade of the same prison's access road on June 21 by activists from the 'Kanaim' party, as reported by journalist Eli Hirshman. Earlier protests have been held outside the Beit Lid base itself and in Ashdod, where hundreds of demonstrators confronted police over a draft-deserter arrest that turned out to involve a non-Haredi individual. The current protest targets the military's intensified enforcement against Haredi conscription refusals. Details on arrests or injuries are not yet available.
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