Dozens of chareidim took part in a protest against the IDF draft on Derech Bar Lev near Meah Shearim on Tuesday 14 Elul. At one point the protesters began pelting police with stones and they tried to block the roadway.
One policeman sustained light injuries to his hand. Police report he was targeted with rocks as well as being hit with sticks. Police arrested two of the protest participants.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Interesting how these batlonim have found a heter not to learn anymore. Talmud torah is keneged kulom but obviously they don’t think so. Go learn a bisul.maybe the gezeiros wouldn’t be happening.
These are not chareidim, rather they are חיות, wild animals!
U know I’m very glad u know how to stop the gzeiros, but I just want to point out that the people that go to these protests are mostly people that are sitting and learning 3 sedarim a day and as an outlet they go and stand up for something that they feel is right, as opposed to you who even if you are learning, during your fire time what are you doing, sitting on your smartphone or computer writing about what you think other people should be doing?, now I’m not saying I’m any better than you but I can say that most of those people are.
There is no reason for them to not register, as they all will get an exemption, why aren’t they grateful that they all get the exemption? Why do they think that in addition to getting the exemption they should cause all this trouble for everyone and make this violent ruckus? They are rallying because they know that the benefit package for Chareidim serving is so extraordinarily generous and beneficial to their future, in terms of money, housing, education, that they are scared to let the bochurim even go to the office to get the exemption because they fear that the bochurim will wisely sign up! Why is it preferable to doom the bochurim to a life of poverty?