Fire Square • riots against the detention of yeshiva students

Hundreds demonstrated tonight (Tuesday) in downtown Jerusalem against arrest of yeshiva students, who ignored orders of the recruitment centers. 13 protesters were arrested.

During dispersing of the demonstrations, police broke into the beit midrash of Toldos Aharon, chasing demonstrators.

Hundreds of people, mostly from the Eideh Charedi and Bnei Torah, attended a rally tonight at Shabbat Square against the detention of the yeshiva students by IDF for ignoring orders due to stabilization in the centers.

Speeches at the rally were against the IDF and the conscription of yeshiva students and chants of 'render the mind - against the decree of recruitment'.

Rabbi David Zicherman, leader of Bnei Torah spoke at the rally and said: "Recruitment to the IDF is the decree of annihilation. This is an army of annihilation, we shall not mobilize and we are not afraid of going to jail and detentions."
Upon completion of the demonstration, hundreds went towards Route 1 and Shivtei Yisrael Street and blocked the road. Others remained at Shabbat Square lit trash cans and blocked the road to traffic.

Riots were also at Shivtei Yisrael, Moses Square near Highway 1 and the Apiryon intersection on Bar-Ilan Street.

Police forcibly dispersed the rioters and arrested 13 people so far.

Shabbat Square was opened to traffic; Shivtei Yisrael opened and closed intermittently.

Photography: Moshe Mizrachi – News 24

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