A Haredi family man was sentenced to 14 days in military prison Wednesday after being handed over by Israel Police on Highway 6 last night, according to Israeli media. The post by a subscribed channel characterizes the move as 'poking a finger in the eye of Haredi protesters.'
A Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) father — identified in earlier reports as Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Duvdevani — was sentenced to 14 days of military imprisonment in the minutes before 15:45 Jerusalem on Wednesday, after being handed over by Israel Police to military police on Highway 6 the previous night (Tuesday, shortly after 13:06 Jerusalem). The sentencing, reported by a subscribed channel, follows a two-version thread: first, at 13:06 Jerusalem Tuesday, traffic police arrested a Haredi avrech on Highway 6 (no additional details at the time); then, immediately afterward at the same timestamp, the arrested individual was identified as a Haredi draft deserter, according to Eli Hirshman citing a Haredi assistance organization. The current bulletin adds that the individual has now been sentenced to 14 days in military prison, a development the source characterizes as 'poking a finger in the eye of Haredi protesters.'
The arrest and sentencing come amid sustained tensions over Haredi draft evasion. As The Zioneer reported on June 17, yeshiva heads warned the coalition that the arrest campaign was 'tearing the system apart' and called for a one-year freeze. The thread also includes background: on June 12, hundreds of Haredi protesters blocked police in Ashdod over a draft deserter arrest — only for the deserter to be later identified as non-Haredi; and on June 11, protests spread to multiple cities after draft dodger arrests, including an incident on Highway 6 where a female driver brandished a sharp object.
The current bulletin is a single-source report from a subscribed channel; the IDF and military police have not yet issued official statements. The specific circumstances of the highway interception — particularly why a civilian traffic stop escalated into a military arrest — remain unverified, and the channel's framing as a deliberate provocation to protesters has not been independently confirmed.
4 developments
- StrongHaredi deserter arrested near Ofakim sentenced to 14 days; Ratzefnikim call for Tuesday protest
- StrongMilitary court sentences 40 days to Haredi deserter, son of Jerusalem faction official
- DevelopingHaredi protests spread to multiple cities after draft dodger arrests
- DevelopingHaredi activists block Highway 4 in Ashdod, force police to release draft deserter
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