A protest rally is underway outside Prison 10 in Jerusalem, with the participation of Sephardic rabbis and Shas MKs Yitzhak Malchieli and Moshe Shariki, according to Israeli journalist Eli Hirshman. The demonstration is held alongside larger protests in central Jerusalem.
A protest rally is taking place Thursday evening outside Prison 10 in Jerusalem, drawing Sephardic rabbis and Shas MKs Yitzhak Malchieli and Moshe Shariki, journalist Eli Hirshman reports. The gathering is occurring concurrently with larger demonstrations elsewhere in the city. The specific grievance driving this rally was not detailed in the report. As The Zioneer reported earlier Thursday, a separate rally for a detained yeshiva student from the Be'er HaTalmud yeshiva was scheduled for 19:00 at the same location. Previous days saw larger-scale Haredi protests outside Prison 10, including a gathering by thousands of Gur Hasidim on Wednesday June 17, and protests linked to draft-evasion arrests at sites including Beit Lid and the Tunnel Checkpoint. The presence of Shas lawmakers signals political alignment with the protest's cause, distinct from the more extreme Jerusalem faction demonstrations witnessed in prior weeks.
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