Following his release from military prison, a Haredi deserter was paraded on a horse at the head of a procession in Emmanuel on Sunday evening. The crowd sang the biblical verse 'So shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor,' according to journalist Eli Hirshman.
The festive reception in Emmanuel on Sunday evening (20:17 Jerusalem) follows 13 days of the deserter's incarceration at Prison 10, which sparked protests from Gur Hasidic followers and other Haredi circles. As The Zioneer reported earlier at 19:41, a similar celebration had already taken place near the prison upon word of the expected release. The procession, with the former prisoner riding a horse, reflects the community's public defiance of the IDF conscription enforcement for Haredi men. The exact length of his remaining service obligations or further legal consequences was not stated in the reports.
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