Ultra-Orthodox Jews battle with Israeli police and eight are arrested as they protest against court ruling that they must serve in the military
- A protest held by hundreds from the ultra-Orthodox group Eda Haredit took place in Jerusalem on Sunday
- The protest became violent as demonstrators blocked roads and resisted efforts to disperse them by police
- Eight rioters were arrested after they became violent and threw stones at officers, police said in a statement
- Last week's Supreme Court decision strikes down a law exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military service
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffled with police in Jerusalem on Sunday in protest against a court ruling that could require them to serve in the army like secular Israelis.
The
demonstration in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of the city was
organised by a particularly hardline group known as the Eda Haredit.
Rabbis
gave speeches in Yiddish in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood, while a
banner read: 'We're Jews and therefore will not enlist in the Zionist
army.'
Israeli police use water cannon
to disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators blocking a main junction
as they protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem on Sunday
The protest (pictured above)
came after the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a goverment bill exempting
Haredi service from the Israeli army
The demonstration in an
ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of the city was organised by a particularly
hardline group known as the Eda Haredit
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish
men are sprayed with water during clashes with police at a protest
against the detention of a member of their community who refuses to
serve in the Israeli army
Israeli Border Police arrest an
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators blocking a main junction as they
protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem
Israeli policemen carry an
ultra-Orthodox Jewish youth during clashes at a protest against the
detention of an ultra-Orthodox man who refuses to serve in the Israeli
army
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The protest became violent when
demonstrators blocked roads and resisted efforts to disperse them by
riot police, mounted officers and water cannon.
'Eight rioters who used violence against police were arrested,' a police statement said in Hebrew.
'They lay down in the road, shouting slogans against the police, some of them threw stones at police,' the statement added.
Last
week's Israeli Supreme Court decision strikes down a law exempting
ultra-Orthodox men engaged in religious study from military service,
saying it undermines equality.
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man
walks past burning items in the street in ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood
of Jerusalem on Sunday during the prostest
Israeli security forces try to
disperse ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators from the road in an
ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Jerusalem on Sunday
Many of the men taking part in
the protest in Sunday sat on the ground and refused to get up during the
demonstration in Jerusalem
The protest became violent when
demonstrators blocked roads and resisted efforts to disperse them by
riot police, mounted officers and water cannon
Last week's Israeli Supreme
Court decision strikes down a law exempting ultra-Orthodox men engaged
in religious study from military service, saying it undermines equality
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish
demonstrator holds a banner reading 'We and our sons are ready to be
killed and not to be drafted in the IDF which is against our holy
Torah', during the protest
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish
men are sprayed with water during clashes with police at a protest
against the detention of a member of their community who refuses to
serve in the Israeli army
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are surrounded by police officers on horseback during a demonstration in Jerusalem on Sunday
The
decision raises the possibility that they could be forced into service,
a highly contentious proposition with political implications.
However,
the court suspended its decision for one year to allow for preparations
for the new arrangement - which also provides the government with the
opportunity to pass a new law.
Ultra-Orthodox
political parties and their allies in government are likely to draft
new legislation that could seek to override the court ruling and keep
the exemption in place.
The
ultra-Orthodox parties form a key part of Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu's governing coalition, and have often acted as kingmakers in
Israeli politics.
A unit of mounted police tries
to disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators blocking a main junction
as they protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish
men clash with police at a protest against the detention of a member of
their community who refuses to serve in the Israeli army
sraeli Border Police arrest an
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators blocking a main junction as they
protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem
An ultra-Orthadox man watches
the police officers around him as he takes part in a demonstration
against army recruitment in Jerusalem on Sunday
Members of the Israeli security
forces detain an ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrator in an ultra-Orthodox
neighbourhood of Jerusalem on Sunday
Israeli Border Police arrest an
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators blocking a main junction as they
protest against army recruitment
Israeli security forces remove Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators from the road during a demonstration in Jerusalem on Sunday
Israeli security forces carry a
man by his arms and legs as they remove him from a protest over army
recruitment in Jerusalem on Sunday
Israeli security forces remove ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators from the road during a demonstration in Jerusalem on Sunday
The
issue is part of a decades-old debate over whether young ultra-Orthodox
men studying at seminaries should undergo compulsory military service
like the rest of Israel's Jewish population.
After reaching the age of 18, men must serve two years and eight months, and women must serve for two.
The
ultra-Orthodox oppose serving for a variety of reasons, with the most
extreme believing a Jewish state is not allowed before the coming of the
Messiah.
Others argue that seminary
study is just as important to Israel as military service or that
ultra-Orthodox soldiers would be confronted with salty language and
other irreligious behaviour.
The ultra-Orthodox parties form a
key part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition,
and have often acted as kingmakers in Israeli politics
The ultra-Orthodox oppose
serving for a variety of reasons, with the most extreme believing a
Jewish state is not allowed before the coming of the Messiah
The issue is part of a
decades-old debate over whether young ultra-Orthodox men studying at
seminaries should undergo compulsory military service like the rest of
Israel's Jewish population. After reaching the age of 18, men must serve
two years and eight months, and women must serve for two
Israeli security forces remove
ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators from the road in an ultra-Orthodox
neighbourhood of Jerusalem on Sunday
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrator is seen on the ground during a protest over army recruitment in Jerusalem on Sunday
Members of the Israeli security
forces carry an ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrator as they remove him
from the street during Sunday's demonstration in Jerusalem
Israeli police use water cannon
to disperse Ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators blocking a main junction
as they protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem
When it comes to army
recruitment, some argue that seminary study is just as important to
Israel as military service or that ultra-Orthodox soldiers would be
confronted with salty language and other irreligious behaviour
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish
demonstrators react after Israeli security forces sprayed water to
disperse them in an ultra -Orthodox neighbourhood of Jerusalem on Sunday
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