Traffic-jam alert: the extremist Haredim announced "mass protests" tomorrow across Gush Dan and in Jerusalem
The Jerusalem Faction announced mass protests tomorrow in Jerusalem and Gush Dan against the arrest of Haredi draft evaders. Road blockages and demonstrations are expected from 16:00, with a possible focal point on the Geha highway. The organisation claims "desecration of God's name" over the arrest of yeshiva students.
The Jerusalem Faction, an extremist Haredi faction, announced mass protests beginning tomorrow (Thursday) in Jerusalem and Gush Dan. The protest stems from the arrest of yeshiva students and kollel avrechim by the army in recent days. Road blockages and demonstrations are expected from 16:00, with the expected focal point being the Geha highway. In the faction's announcement it was written that the protest is over a "terrible desecration of God's name" due to the arrest of yeshiva students. The event takes place against the background of a wave of arrests of Haredi draft evaders, with 163 evaders arrested at border crossings in the past two months. The article also mentions previous riots in Modi'in, in which military police arrived to arrest a Haredi draft evader and hundreds of protesters blocked them, until the evader was released.