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'Enlistment=Genocide': Haredi Protesters Assault Police in Jerusalem, Block City Entrance

Summary by Jerusalem Post
Hundreds of protestors blocked the roads near Chords Bridge with signs saying "Death before conscription," and "War on the draft law."

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MK Yitzhak Goldknopf of United Torah Judaism said in an interview with "Makor Rishon" that if the Haredim have to leave the country because of the conscription law, "there will be a country without Haredim." • Smotrich responded sharply, saying: "The enormous pain of the bereaved families is not the pain of religious Zionism, it is the pain of the people of Israel." • The Minister of Finance accused Goldknopf of "showing a detachment from the pe…

Following the High Court of Justice's decision and the directive of the Legal Advisor to the Government, funding for educational institutions for Haredi youth who are not studying has been stopped. This is a dramatic step that undermines the long-standing arrangement and presents an opportunity for rethinking the integration of young Haredi people into service and Israeli society.

Hundreds of ultra-orthodoxs concentrated this Wednesday on one of the access roads to Jerusalem, cutting off traffic from 17.30 local time (14.30 GMT), to protest against their recruitment into the Israeli Army. According to EFE, among chants of "we would rather die than enlist," hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews concentrated near the drawn bridge at the western entrance of the holy city."After a police officer announced to the protesters that it …

Several hotlines across the country were blocked, following Haredi demonstrations in favor of the evasion law | At one hotline in central Israel, harsh criticism was heard of the police: "There isn't even a single police officer here to clear the protesters"

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kikar.co.il broke the news in on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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