PNN – Haredi Zionists blocked a road in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem and clashed with police following reports of the arrest of a young Haredi man who had escaped mandatory military service.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network; The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that clashes have broken out between Haredi demonstrators and the regime’s police in the occupied city of Jerusalem over the transfer of detained Haredi men who had escaped military service from Abu Kabir prison.
The demonstrations and street and road closures by Haredi demonstrators follow the arrests on charges of refusing military service in the army and sending them to fight Hezbollah.
The events followed a report on May 27 that the Israeli military had asked the police for help in preparing for a mass arrest of hundreds of ultra-Orthodox who had evaded military service.
Last Wednesday, demonstrations and riots broke out in front of the home of Noam Solberg, the deputy chief justice of the Supreme Court, leading to the arrest of more than 60 suspects.
The issue of revoking exemptions from compulsory military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews has become one of the biggest internal challenges for the Israeli regime in recent months.
The increase in these political and social differences comes at a time when the Israeli army is facing a severe shortage of manpower due to the eroding war on various fronts, and military authorities insist on arresting and pressuring Haredis to force them into compulsory military service.
Haredi is a radical religious movement; this group of Jews does not believe in Zionism, most of them live in Palestine and America, some others live in Europe, and they believe in the Torah and the ancient principles and rituals of Judaism.
Followers of this religious movement adhere to the texts of the Torah, Talmud, and the teachings of the rabbis, and agree that Israel and Jewish life should be based on Jewish law and the teachings of the Torah, and not on democracy, Zionism, and status quo. They use their political influence to impose these teachings on the daily lives of Israelis.
The number of Haredi people exceeds 1 million 28 thousand, in 2009, their number was 750 thousand.
Their population growth is over 4%, while the general population growth in the occupied territories is 2.3%, meaning that the Haredi population is the fastest growing in Israel.