Jerusalem District Police and Border Police are clearing roads after ultra-Orthodox protesters threw objects, blocked traffic, and refused to disperse, according to police. The demonstrations, part of an ongoing wave, continue for a second night.
In the early hours of Tuesday, Jerusalem District Police and Border Police are clearing roads near the Attorney General's home, as ultra-Orthodox protests continue for a second night. Protesters are throwing objects, blocking traffic, and refusing police orders to disperse, according to police. The unrest follows a night of demonstrations that began Monday evening, when Gur Hasidic protesters gathered outside the Attorney General's home in Tel Aviv, as The Zioneer reported at 23:10.
At 23:10 on Monday, The Zioneer first reported that the Gur Hasidic sect had planned and then canceled a surprise protest outside the Attorney General's home in Tel Aviv. Shortly afterward, however, protesters gathered there anyway, chanting the biblical phrase 'Take counsel and it will be foiled.' A community source later clarified that the demonstration was a private initiative by young men from Bnei Brak, not an official directive of the Hasidic court, and a local resident confronted the protesters.
The protests are part of a broader wave of ultra-Orthodox demonstrations against government policies, including mandatory military service. Earlier on Monday, at 22:23, The Zioneer reported that police were operating at multiple disorder locations in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh. Previous protests, as The Zioneer has reported, have targeted the homes of senior judicial figures, including the Supreme Court President, and have involved blockades of major highways and the light rail construction site.
It remains unclear whether the Gur Hasidic community will join the ongoing protests in Jerusalem, and the police response there continues to evolve.
5 developments
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