Protests against the arrest of the ultra-Orthodox draft refuser have resumed: Tonight (Saturday) dozens of yeshiva students and avrechim demonstrated in several locations in Jerusalem, protesting the imprisonment of yeshiva student Eliyahu Cohen, a student at the 'Orhot David' yeshiva in Har Nof.
Dozens of young people gathered on Eshkol Boulevard in Jerusalem, set fire to trash cans and threw stones at police forces.
In Zivail Square, trash was thrown onto the road, and protesters set fire to trash cans. A protester was also arrested on Shmuel Hanavi Street for rioting. At the entrance to the Givat Shaul neighborhood, trash cans were set on fire. Clashes developed between protesters and residents of the neighborhood. Police forces on the scene.
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Jerusalem police officers made seven arrests of suspects in public order violations after they rioted violently.
Reception and demonstration in Ashdod
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Dozens of ultra-Orthodox rioted this evening at the B'nai Brith intersection at the entrance to District 3 in Ashdod, as police and Border Guard forces arrived at the scene and evacuated the protesters from the roads they had blocked. The demonstration continued on the sidewalks. One of the protesters was arrested.
We wrote in Ashdod David Amsalem It is reported that at 10:00 PM, voice messages were sent to thousands of Haredi households in the city of Ashdod. The message stated that at 10:15 PM, a reception would be held in District 3, on the occasion of the release of two detainees, students of the Grodna Yeshiva in Ashdod, who were arrested at a demonstration in Jerusalem.
About 250 demonstrators gathered on Belz Rebbe Street, the residence of one of the detainees, from where they continued - singing and dancing to Palmach Street - facing the main intersection, B'nai Brith Street in the city - where they blocked the road and burned various objects in the center of the intersection.
Drivers who had lost patience with waiting in their cars idly tried to run over the protesters, but police officers on the scene intervened, attempting to restore order and restore the intersection to a regular state.
During the demonstration, several police officers' walkie-talkies were stolen and later returned to the police. An iPhone belonging to one of the officers has not yet been returned.
It should be noted that the police forces showed great restraint and no incidents of violence were recorded on their part. The arrest of a minor student from the Grodno Yeshiva caused further flare-ups on the part of the demonstrators.
Only after an agreement was reached between the police and Eliezer Anflig, one of the contacts at the yeshiva, in which it was agreed upon to release the minor as a condition for dispersing the gathering, did the organizers decide to announce the end of the demonstration.
Three police officers were slightly injured in Geha
Geha Road was also blocked to traffic near Bnei Brak. Three police officers were slightly injured in the riots of the protesters. Jabotinsky Street was also blocked to traffic. One protester was arrested during the demonstrations in Bnei Brak.
Hundreds prayed and demonstrated on Shabbat night in Warsaw Park in Bnei Brak and in front of the draft board in Jerusalem against the arrest of a yeshiva student from Ashdod. After mass Shabbat receptions, dancing took place.
The decision on whether the yeshiva student will be released before the Seder will likely be made tomorrow.
• Thanks toShaya Deitch, Yehuda Cohen, andDavid Kleiman - Assaf Kadosh From News 24 about the photos and video.
