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Tense scenes as police in Israel detain ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protesting military recruitment | AP News

Tense scenes as police in Israel detain ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protesting military recruitment | AP News

The Israeli military on Tuesday said it would begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men next week — a step that could destabilize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and trigger more large protests in the community. Dozens of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men protested and blocked a main highway in central Israel following the announcement, raising banners reading “Israel is an anti-Semitic country” and “we will go to jail but not to the army. (AP Video shot by Shlomo Mor)

The Israeli military on Tuesday said it would begin sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men next week — a step that could destabilize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and trigger more large protests in the community. Dozens of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men protested and blocked a main highway in central Israel following the announcement, raising banners reading “Israel is an anti-Semitic country” and “we will go to jail but not to the army. (AP Video shot by Shlomo Mor)