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Police Declare Ultra-Orthodox Highway Blockades Illegal

6/24/2026

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Police declared the blockades illegal after ultra-Orthodox demonstrators blocked Highways 1, 4 and other routes on 24 June 2026.
Organizers announced 4 p.m. convoys from 19 cities with slogan “Enough! There is no way without the way of the Torah” and Knesset members Yitzhak Goldknopf and Michael Malkieli.
Incidents included a secular citizen trying to whip a protester in Arad and a pregnant woman injured on Highway 1 after her car hit a protester’s vehicle.

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Police declared the blockades illegal after ultra-Orthodox demonstrators blocked Highways 1, 4 and other routes on 24 June 2026.
Organizers announced 4 p.m. convoys from 19 cities with slogan “Enough! There is no way without the way of the Torah” and Knesset members Yitzhak Goldknopf and Michael Malkieli.
Incidents included a secular citizen trying to whip a protester in Arad and a pregnant woman injured on Highway 1 after her car hit a protester’s vehicle.