Hundreds of radical ultra-Orthodox men from the extremist “Jerusalem Faction” blocked traffic and burned trash cans in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh and B’nei Brak in protest of the IDF draft. Approximately 120 were arrested.
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Israeli police scuffle with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protesting against the arrest of two ultra orthodox Jewish man who failed to comply with a recruitment order in Jerusalem, October 19, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90