PNN – Dozens of members of the Haredi movement in occupied Jerusalem blocked the city’s main streets in protest of the arrest of a member of the group for opposing compulsory military service.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network; According to Ma’ariv, on Thursday evening, dozens of members of the Haredi movement in occupied Jerusalem took to the streets to protest the arrest of one of their members and blocked the city’s main roads.
The arrested person was arrested for opposing compulsory military service, an issue that has become one of the serious internal challenges of the Zionist regime for years.
During these gatherings, the roads leading to the highway in occupied Jerusalem were blocked, creating heavy traffic in the area.
The Israeli police forces have also tried to disperse the protesters and reopen the road.
These developments are occurring at a time when the dispute between the Haredis and the governing institutions over the compulsory service law has become one of the major internal challenges in the occupied territories; a law that also requires religious school students to participate in military service and is facing widespread opposition from this group.
The issue of military service for Haredis is one of the long-standing and unresolved challenges in Israeli society, and in recent months, as the cabinet has intensified pressure to implement the law, it has become one of the main axes of domestic protests.
Haredis (ultra-Orthodox Jews) demand complete exemption of religious students from military service and participation in war, but in contrast, a large part of Zionists demand equality for all in military service. In addition, the army is also in dire need of manpower, especially operational forces.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army has begun a new wave of summoning and arresting ultra-Orthodox people for military service in recent weeks.
This action came after the army, in the midst of the war with Iran, published a new draft plan that increased the service period for reservists from 6 weeks to 9 weeks.
Despite the declaration of a ceasefire on the Iranian and Lebanese fronts, Eyal Zamir, the chief of staff of the Israeli army, officially called for the passage of a “compulsory service law” in order to significantly increase the number of reservists.
The Israeli military has admitted that the regime will face a shortage of 12,000 to 15,000 active frontline personnel next year if new laws are not passed immediately.
This shortage is said to reach 17,000 if three key laws are not passed: “compulsory service for the ultra-Orthodox,” “extending the service period to 36 months,” and “massive call-up of reservists.”