'Nazis, get out of here': Haredi protesters confront 'Israeli' army soldiers in Jerusalem
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- Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators confronted ‘Israeli’ soldiers and Border Police officers during protests in Jerusalem over the detention of 63 alleged draft evaders.
- Videos circulating on social media show security personnel being chased, insulted, and pelted with objects.
Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) demonstrators harassed ‘Israeli’ soldiers and Border Police officers in two separate incidents in Jerusalem on Thursday night, according to videos shared on social media and reports by ‘Israeli’ media.
The confrontations followed a Haredi vehicle procession and march from Beit Shemesh to Kikar Hashabbat protesting the detention of 63 alleged draft evaders.
In one incident, footage appeared to show a group of ‘Israeli’ Border Police officers being chased through Jerusalem by a crowd of Haredi demonstrators, including adults and children. Protesters were seen throwing boxes and other objects while shouting insults, including calling the officers "Nazis," and demanding they leave the area.
A second video showed three ‘Israeli’ soldiers being pursued by another group of demonstrators, who also shouted at them and threw objects. ‘Israeli’ media reported that the soldiers serve in the ‘Israeli’ army's Haredi Netzah Yehuda Battalion.
According to Ynet, the demonstration was organized in response to the detention of 63 Haredi men accused of involvement in a violent protest outside the home of ‘Israeli’ Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg in early June.
Participants reportedly carried signs reading, "We will never serve in the enemy's army."
Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman criticized the incidents in a post on X, accusing the ‘Israeli’ government of failing to condemn attacks on soldiers and alleging it was protecting those refusing military service.
