Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis held a mass prayer rally in Jerusalem on Thursday protesting the arrests of yeshiva religious seminary student draft dodgers who refused to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
The rally, labelled “Cry of the Torah”, represented a rare show of unity among the various ultra-Orthodox or Haredi factions. Some of the protesters carried signs comparing Israel’s government to the Soviet regime under Stalin and denouncing quotas for Haredi enlistment.
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