Yeshiva students are rallying outside Military Prison 4 this evening to protest the arrest of a graduate of their yeshiva who evaded the draft, Israeli media report. The protest is reportedly attended by Rabbi Yehuda Cohen, a member of the Shas Council of Torah Sages, and two Shas MKs.
A protest organized by yeshiva students is underway outside Military Prison 4 in central Israel this evening, Thursday, according to Eli Hirshman, Channel 12's Haredi affairs correspondent. The demonstrators are protesting the arrest of a graduate of their yeshiva who evaded military service. The event is notable for the attendance of senior Shas figures: Rabbi Yehuda Cohen, a member of the party's Council of Torah Sages, and two unidentified Shas MKs. The protest is part of a broader wave of demonstrations by extremist Haredi factions against the military's enforcement of draft laws against ultra-Orthodox men. As The Zioneer has reported, similar rallies — some including clashes with police and civilians — have taken place in recent weeks in Ashdod, Jerusalem, Beit Lid, and Beit Shemesh, as the military police detain dozens of yeshiva students and avrechim who have not reported for service. The number of detainees at Military Prison 4 was reported at 47 earlier this week. It remains unclear whether this evening's arrestee is a Haredi man or not — a previous protest in Ashdod last week targeted the arrest of a draft dodger who proved to be non-Haredi.
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