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- Police cleared Route 4 after ultra-Orthodox demonstrators blocked traffic to protest Haredi draft arrests.
- Police deployed stun grenades and force, reporting no arrests or injuries.
- The Jerusalem Faction organized the rally, sending notifications only shortly before it began.
- Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot called the government “hostage to draft dodgers” on X.
- Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled in 2024 that blanket Haredi draft exemptions lack legal basis.