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.
2 developments
- StrongExtremist Haredim protest outside Beit Lid military base against draft-evader arrests
- DevelopingHaredi protesters try to block extradition of draft evaders to military police in Jerusalem
- Developing‘Kanaim’ activists block military prison access road over draft-evader arrests
- StrongHundreds of Haredim block police in Ashdod to prevent arrest of draft deserter — who is not Haredi
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