Thousands Protest in Yerushalayim as Police [Attack] Clash with Bnei Torah
Thousands of bnei Torah — yeshivah bochurim, avreichim, rabbanim and roshei yeshivah — gathered in the streets of Yerushalayim on Thursday to protest the ongoing government efforts to force lomdei Torah into the army. The peaceful protest, held at a major intersection in the capital, was led by the gedolei Torah of the Sefardi tzibbur and ended in a shocking display of violence by police.
The atzeres was held in response to the recent arrest of two yeshivah brothers — talmidim of Yeshivas Meoros HaTorah — and escalating attempts to detain dozens more bochurim from their homes in recent weeks. The protest was both a call to tefillah and an outcry against the gezeira.
Leading the protest were some of the most prominent Sefardi gedolim, including Rosh Yeshivas Porat Yosef Rav Moshe Tzadkah, Rav Yehuda Cohen, Rosh Yeshivas Yakirei Yerushalayim and member of the Moetzet Chachmei HaTorah, the mekubal Rav Binyamin Shmueli, Rav Yitzchak Tawil, Rav Meir Bruchah, Rav Yaakov Ades, and many others.
Chaotic scenes unfolded as Border Police officers, some mounted on horses and others wielding batons, stormed the crowd in an effort to break up the demonstration. Video footage shows one officer punching a bochur in the face and knocking his hat to the ground.
Despite the violent crackdown, the protestors did not retreat. With cries of “נעבור ולא נתגייס” — “We will die and not enlist” — the bochurim stood shoulder to shoulder, clutching signs decrying the government’s plan to uproot thousands of lomdei Torah from their batei medrashim.
Three protestors were arrested during the hafgana.
Prior to the violence, Rav Moshe Tzadka addressed the crowd with visible emotion, declaring: “It is forbidden to obey the government in this matter. We go to jail — not to the army!”
He warned that any future legislation must protect all shomrei Torah u’mitzvos — even those not currently in yeshivos. “I turn to you, precious bnei Torah: Don’t fear them, don’t back down. The Torah ha’kedoshah will be victorious!”
Rav Yehuda Cohen said: “The lomdei Torah are the protectors of Am Yisrael. These arrests and persecutions are fueling the hatred against Yidden around the world.”
He added: “Know this — taking bochurim into captivity is what’s delaying the release of the hostages in Gaza.”
The protest comes amid a broader series of demonstrations across Eretz Yisrael as the olam haTorah rises in fierce opposition to the draft decree.
NOT ONCE BUT TWO OR THREE ATTACKS BY THE LEFT HANDED GOON ON SITTING TALMID, WITH HIS PARTNER JOINING IN SEVERAL TIMES ALSO, WITH POLICE GUY STANDING AND WATCHING EVERY ATTACK. SO MUCH FOR ABUDRAHAM WITH HIS LIES ABOUT BEING INDEPENDENT OF POLITICS!
ANOTHER GOON IN THE BLACK SHIRT POUNCING ON ONE STUDENT TO BEAT HIM UP, AND OTHER STUDENTS RUNNING TO PREVENT
IN RUSSIA THEY COULDNT DO THIS, BUT BEFORE ZIONISTS THEY CAN PROTEST AND GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT THERE!
COMMENTS:
*The Zionist SS Storm Troopers and Gestapo will meet the same fate at their 1930s/40s predecessors.
*There is nothing “shocking” about police violence at peaceful hafganos by bnei torah in EY
*if you watch carefully it seems the yid who got his hat punched off was reaching for the police officers baton – which im sure wasn’t for no reason, especially the way those evil “police officers” use their batons to hit bochrim peacefully protesting sitting on the floor. kulo k’ushun tichleh ki sa’avir memsheles zadon min ha’aretz. unbelievable that yidden can hit each other like this in Eretz Yisroel of all places
*The behavior of the police is disgusting and despicable!!! I do not think it is right to block roads for any cause, but to use batons to beat yeshiva bachurim like that???????!!!! They never use batons against any of the many protests in Tel Aviv nor against the mizrachi when they blocked roads for their own causes! Only when it is the chareidim!!! It is perverted and disgusting!!! I really hope those police are charged for their violence and put in jail!!! [Oh, but the anti-govt, hostage protesters can block all the main hiways they want!!]
*This fight has been going on since 1948. Issues like the yemeinite kids being dragged away to pork eating kibbutzim. Force autopsies on anyone dying. Digging of ancient graves. Public violations of Shabbos. Toeiva parades. Etc etc.
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