Yeshiva students who study with the arrested draft evader, joined by several rabbis, are protesting his detention outside Prison 10 this evening, according to journalist Eli Hirshman. The evader had come to the recruitment office to seek an exemption. A photo from the scene was published by photographer doovidel.
This evening, yeshiva students and several rabbis are rallying outside Prison 10 in protest of the arrest of a Haredi draft evader, journalist Eli Hirshman reports. The evader had come to the recruitment office to seek an exemption from military service. The protesters are identified as fellow students of the evader from his yeshiva.
The protest follows a bulletin from The Zioneer at 18:53 Jerusalem reporting the same demonstration. The current report adds a photo from the scene by photographer doovidel and clarifies that the protesters are students who study with the evader.
The arrest and subsequent protests are part of an ongoing social and political controversy over Haredi military service. Similar demonstrations have occurred in recent weeks at military prisons and other locations, including a rally at Military Prison 4 on June 18 attended by Shas MKs and rabbis, and a protest in Ashdod on June 12 that drew hundreds of Haredim.
4 developments
- StrongShas MKs, rabbi join Haredi protest rally outside military prison over draft-evader arrest
- StrongExtremist Haredim protest outside Beit Lid military base against draft-evader arrests
- DevelopingRally outside military prison for draft-dodging yeshiva graduate draws MKs, rabbi
- StrongHaredi protesters block arrest of draft evader, police officer says he came alone
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