Israel police detain ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protesting military recruitment

From Associated Press.

The Israeli military on Tuesday said it would begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men next week — a step that could destabilize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and trigger more large protests in the community. Dozens of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men protested and blocked a main highway in central Israel following the announcement, raising banners reading “Israel is an anti-Semitic country” and “we will go to jail but not to the army. (AP Video shot by Shlomo Mor). Read more: https://bit.ly/3zKTgke

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