Shas lawmakers joined a slow-roll protest convoy on Wednesday afternoon, an unplanned development, according to journalist Mordechai Halperin. Police reported heavy traffic on Highways 1 and 6 and other routes as the protest convoys continue.
Wednesday afternoon's protest convoys continued to disrupt traffic as Shas MKs joined the slow-roll demonstration in an unplanned move, journalist Mordechai Halperin reported. Police confirmed heavy traffic congestion on Highways 1 and 6 and additional routes. The Shas lawmakers' participation marks a broadening of the protest's political support beyond the United Torah Judaism party, whose MKs Yitzchok Goldknopf and Meir Porush had already joined earlier convoys.
Police have deployed reinforcements and declared the gathering illegal on Highway 1 earlier in the protest wave, according to prior reports. The Shas joining suggests growing mainstream Haredi political backing for the protest against arrests of draft evaders, though the event's immediate significance is traffic disruption rather than a political breakthrough. No estimates of the number of vehicles or participants in the Shas-affiliated convoy were available.
3 developments
- StrongMK Goldknopf leads protest convoy on Highway 1, flashers on
- DevelopingShas MK Moshe Abutbul visits military prison to back detained yeshiva students
- DevelopingRabbi Moshe Maya, Shas council member, backs vehicle protest against conscription
- DevelopingProtest convoys block Route 1 near Latrun, drivers leave vehicles
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