Haredi protests

Hundreds of haredim arrive at Tel Hashomer to enlist in IDF as anti-draft protesters gather

“The young men who walked through those gates this morning show you can be fully committed to Torah study and still defend this country on the front line," said Lt.-Col. (res) Yossi Levi.

A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) man at the Tel Hashomer IDF base, August 30, 2026.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem, January 11, 2026; illustrative.

Haredi protesters set road blocks at Jerusalem entrance roads, disrupting traffic into city

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters block Route 433 in an attempt to stop the detention of a draft dodger, August 28, 2026.

Haredi protest erupts on Route 433 after police arrest draft dodger suspected of stealing car

Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters block Highway 4 over detention of draft dodger, August 12, 2026.

Haredi protesters block major Israeli highway after draft dodger's arrest


Counterprotest begins in Bnei Brak after mass traffic disruption from ultra-orthodox draft protest

Between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., hundreds of protesters are expected to arrive in Bnei Brak as part of a demonstration against inequality in the burden of service.

RESIDENTS OF Kfar Yona protest against an ultra-Orthodox demonstration opposing the arrest of Haredi draft evaders near the Beit Lid military prison in central Israel, June 24, 2026.

Netanyahu's political survival deal with the ultra-Orthodox comes at Israel's expense - opinion

The rotten deal Netanyahu is weaving in public with his non-Zionist partners allows the haredi sector to milk Israel's reserves dry without contributing anything.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.

Following hours of haredi draft protests, Israeli highways reopen to traffic

Protests cause heavy traffic on 29 major roads • Social media footage shows protesters and secular citizens in violent physical altercations • MKs Goldknopf, Malkieli attended protests

A haredi man looks on as traffic builds at Hemed Interchange on Highway 1 amid ultra-Orthadox anti-draft protests, June 24, 2026.

'Release Sohlberg's hostages': Soldiers, haredi protesters clash outside of Military Prison 10

Sohlberg has become a focal point of such protests following his order to increase arrests of draft evaders, the peak of which took place on June 3, when a haredi riot broke out outside of his home.

Motti Babchik and thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest outside Military Prison 10 near Kfar Yona, central Israel, against the jailing of seminary students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, June 17, 2026.