Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf and MK Moshe Bawatzik are currently visiting Haredi military draft evaders at Prison 10, Israeli media report.
Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf and United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Bawatzik are visiting Haredi draft evaders held at Prison 10 this afternoon, according to reports circulating in Israeli media. The visit comes amid ongoing tensions between the ultra-Orthodox public and the IDF over the military draft of yeshiva students. Prison 10 holds soldiers convicted of refusing orders; earlier this month, Shas MKs visited the same facility to support detained yeshiva students. The ministerial visit is expected to draw political criticism from across the coalition and opposition, as previous such visits have been denounced as inappropriate during wartime.
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