Haredi draft

Shas party leader Arye Deri demanded that the legislation be rapidly advanced, and it is expected to be brought to the Knesset’s plenum for its preliminary reading this week.

The visit was made to the Neve Tzedek Military Prison, and Deri was accompanied by other lawmakers from his party, including MK Michael Malkieli and Haim Biton.

Tomer Moskowitz, a friend of Sohlberg, told 103FM that "anyone could feel their life in danger in a situation like this," and that it could have ended completely differently.

Border Police officers from the Jerusalem periphery unit and Jerusalem District police officers are operating at the scene.

The young men and women who put their lives on the line for all of us, including the yeshiva students, display more courage by realizing that a nation that will not defend itself is not worth saving.

As the most visibly Jewish community in Israel, haredim face a reality mirrored on the streets of Brooklyn and London: those who look the “most Jewish” are often the most targeted.

CEO Yossi Levi said that efforts to draft haredim should focus on those not enrolled in a yeshiva, rather than on arresting those who have committed to studying Torah full-time.

The moment every sector claims the right to determine which laws are binding and which are optional, citizenship becomes tribal membership, and the state becomes a collection of competing exceptions.

Taieb clarified that the police are not treating this as a normal protest. According to him, this was a serious criminal event with real intent to harm.

Leadership must choose: a law-abiding country where court rulings are binding and criminal acts carry consequences; or a country where every faction decides for itself which laws it recognizes.