Over 1,500 vehicles will deliberately drive slowly on 19 major routes toward Military Prison 10 on Wednesday, according to the source aligned with the Edah HaCharedit. Rabbi David Maya of Shas called on his students to join, calling it a 'mitzvah.' The protest aims to disrupt the country in response to arrests of yeshiva students.
A Haredi protest convoy planned for Wednesday has escalated significantly, with the Edah HaCharedit community joining the Gur Hasidic-led initiative and a prominent Shas rabbi calling on his students to participate. The protest, aimed at disrupting traffic on 19 major routes toward Military Prison 10, now involves over 1,500 vehicles, according to a source aligned with the Edah HaCharedit. Rabbi David Maya of Shas urged his vehicle-owning students to join, calling it a 'mitzvah.' The announcement was published Tuesday evening via the source 'Daniel Amram.'
The protest thread began on Monday, June 22, at 00:52 Jerusalem, when Kan News and Degel HaTorah sources first reported a planned car-convoy protest for Wednesday between 16:00 and 20:00, led by Agudat Yisrael. Later that day, at the same timestamp, multiple updates followed: Agudat Yisrael submitted 80 departure points for police approval; the Gur Hasidic community announced a nationwide convoy to Prison 10 at 16:00; and the Edah HaCharedit officially joined, following a meeting at its rabbinical court. The scale of the planned operation has grown from initial reports of a single convoy to a coordinated multi-stream effort involving thousands of vehicles.
The protests come amid weeks of escalating Haredi demonstrations against the arrest of yeshiva students who refuse military service, as The Zioneer has reported. Background context shows that earlier protests included a rare violent confrontation on Highway 6 on June 11, where a female driver brandished a sharp object at protesters, and a mass mobilization in Ashdod on June 12 that turned out to be based on a mistaken identity. Senior police officials have reportedly urged a halt to proactive arrests to calm tensions, as The Zioneer reported on June 11.
It remains unclear whether police will approve the 80 departure points submitted by Agudat Yisrael, or whether the planned disruption will be carried out as announced. The exact number of participants and the level of coordination among the various Haredi streams involved are also unverified.
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