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Ultra-Orthodox Jews riot in occupied Jerusalem to escape arrest for draft dodging


DEC 18, 2025


Ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious students injured 10 Israeli police officers while rioting and throwing stones to protest mandatory military service, Israeli media reported on 18 December.

The riots began when police officers issued parking tickets to yeshiva students in Jerusalem. The students were detained once it was discovered they had not responded to orders to report for mandatory service in the Israeli military.

When police tried to hand over the students to the Military Police, a group of students gathered around them and began rioting.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, known as the Haredim, studying the Torah in religious schools called yeshivas, have long enjoyed informal exemptions from military service. But due to manpower shortages stemming from the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, Israeli authorities have begun to enforce conscription orders.

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews support the genocide in Gaza but argue that they should not be required to fight. They say they provide support to Israel through the study of the Torah instead.

Four yeshiva students were arrested during Thursday’s riots after throwing stones and other objects at police and overturning a police vehicle. Injured police officers were evacuated to the local hospital.

Police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the demonstrators – tactics typically reserved for use against Palestinians.

Jerusalem police chief Danny Levy condemned the rioting students, vowing that police will “hold everyone involved to account.”

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir declared that he “unequivocally condemns the extremist rioting in Jerusalem,” calling the attacks on police officers a “red line.”

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said the rioting is an “inconceivable failure of the government,” which signals the “disintegration of government institutions.”


“It cannot be that the Haredi evaders avoid arrest just because they are engaging in violence. The defense minister and prime minister continue to encourage an enterprise of [draft] evasion and refusal on historic scales,” he said in a statement.

The night before, dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters prevented the Military Police from arresting draft dodgers in the cities of Ramat Hasharon and Herzliya.

The protests were organized by the Jerusalem Faction, a 60,000-strong ultra-Orthodox group that runs a “national alert system” to warn draft dodgers of military operations to enforce conscription orders.

In August, protesters organized by the Jerusalem Faction clashed with motorists as they blocked several highway intersections in central Israel as part of a “day of rage” against military enlistment and the arrests of draft dodgers.

On Wednesday, Hebrew news outlet Channel 12 reported that Israeli army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned of a “serious” and worsening manpower crisis in the military in a letter to officials.

Zamir demanded that the required legislation to remedy the situation be prepared by year’s end, according to the report.

Channel 12 said this was not a routine correspondence but a warning that came in the wake of hundreds of permanent service members resigning in protest against legislation on military terms of service.

“In the current situation, there is a real danger. There is a serious threat to the permanent service members and their motivation to continue serving,” Zamir wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, calling on them to “help end this matter, so that we do not lose good permanent service members.”

https://thecradle.co/articles/ultra-orthodox-jews-riot-in-occupied-jerusalem-to-escape-arrest-for-draft-dodging

Mynd44 nlfpmod

Police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the demonstrators – tactics typically reserved for use against Palestinians.

Palestine 🇵🇸, like South Africa, will be free someday.


Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews support the genocide in Gaza but argue that they should not be required to fight. They say they provide support to Israel through the study of the Torah instead.
They want others to do the dirty job of killing innocent Palestinians for them while they keep procreation going as the group with largest population growth in the oecd. Smh

At least, they didn't went on rampage killing people like Ayahu Akbar.

Orlandoo:
At least, they didn't went on rampage killing people like Ayahu Akbar.

They broke their heads and many of their police officers are now in hospitals

Orlandoo:
At least, they didn't went on rampage killing people like Ayahu Akbar.

this fake stuff guy can’t differentiate between a riot and terrorist attacks. If he loves Gaza so much, ma e go dere to help rebuild the community and properly bury the dead ones who littered the ground in thousands

Uhhh

FreeStuffsNG:
Ultra-Orthodox Jews riot in occupied Jerusalem to escape arrest for draft dodging


DEC 18, 2025


Ultra-Orthodox Jewish religious students injured 10 Israeli police officers while rioting and throwing stones to protest mandatory military service, Israeli media reported on 18 December.

The riots began when police officers issued parking tickets to yeshiva students in Jerusalem. The students were detained once it was discovered they had not responded to orders to report for mandatory service in the Israeli military.

When police tried to hand over the students to the Military Police, a group of students gathered around them and began rioting.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, known as the Haredim, studying the Torah in religious schools called yeshivas, have long enjoyed informal exemptions from military service. But due to manpower shortages stemming from the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, Israeli authorities have begun to enforce conscription orders.

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews support the genocide in Gaza but argue that they should not be required to fight. They say they provide support to Israel through the study of the Torah instead.

Four yeshiva students were arrested during Thursday’s riots after throwing stones and other objects at police and overturning a police vehicle. Injured police officers were evacuated to the local hospital.

Police used stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the demonstrators – tactics typically reserved for use against Palestinians.

Jerusalem police chief Danny Levy condemned the rioting students, vowing that police will “hold everyone involved to account.”

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir declared that he “unequivocally condemns the extremist rioting in Jerusalem,” calling the attacks on police officers a “red line.”

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid said the rioting is an “inconceivable failure of the government,” which signals the “disintegration of government institutions.”


“It cannot be that the Haredi evaders avoid arrest just because they are engaging in violence. The defense minister and prime minister continue to encourage an enterprise of [draft] evasion and refusal on historic scales,” he said in a statement.

The night before, dozens of ultra-Orthodox protesters prevented the Military Police from arresting draft dodgers in the cities of Ramat Hasharon and Herzliya.

The protests were organized by the Jerusalem Faction, a 60,000-strong ultra-Orthodox group that runs a “national alert system” to warn draft dodgers of military operations to enforce conscription orders.

In August, protesters organized by the Jerusalem Faction clashed with motorists as they blocked several highway intersections in central Israel as part of a “day of rage” against military enlistment and the arrests of draft dodgers.

On Wednesday, Hebrew news outlet Channel 12 reported that Israeli army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned of a “serious” and worsening manpower crisis in the military in a letter to officials.

Zamir demanded that the required legislation to remedy the situation be prepared by year’s end, according to the report.

Channel 12 said this was not a routine correspondence but a warning that came in the wake of hundreds of permanent service members resigning in protest against legislation on military terms of service.

“In the current situation, there is a real danger. There is a serious threat to the permanent service members and their motivation to continue serving,” Zamir wrote to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, calling on them to “help end this matter, so that we do not lose good permanent service members.”

https://thecradle.co/articles/ultra-orthodox-jews-riot-in-occupied-jerusalem-to-escape-arrest-for-draft-dodging

Mynd44 nlfpmod

What is the meaning of the stupid headline "....Occupied Jerusalem"? Who has "occupied" Jerusalem and is not the rightful owner of the land?