{"id":496956,"date":"2026-06-17T07:35:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/496956\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T07:35:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:35:05","slug":"at-the-height-of-rush-hour-orthodox-protesters-block-israels-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/496956\/","title":{"rendered":"At The Height Of Rush Hour, Orthodox Protesters Block Israel&#8217;s Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Members of the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem Faction staged demonstrations across several major locations in Israel on Wednesday in protest of the arrests of yeshiva students accused of evading military service. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The protests, which began during the morning rush hour, were aimed at disrupting traffic in the country&#8217;s central region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The timing of the demonstrations is notable, as the group typically holds protests in the afternoon rather than during peak morning commuting hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">One of the main protest sites was Route 4 near the Givat Shmuel interchange, adjacent to Bnei Brak, where demonstrators blocked traffic in both directions. Significant congestion was reported throughout the area as motorists faced lengthy delays.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Ultra-Orthodox protest: Thousands of men rally against IDF draft proposal\" class=\"Lazy_poster__hZbms\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/i24israel.vod.immergo.tv\/i24israel\/transcoded\/13f83ec9-f064-4709-b20d-2074e3057c2f\/poster.jpg\"\/>Ultra-Orthodox protest: Thousands of men rally against IDF draft proposal<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The situation later escalated, with clashes breaking out between police officers and protesters. Footage from the scene showed confrontations as authorities attempted to clear the roadway and restore traffic flow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Police said officers were directing drivers to alternative routes and confirmed that a senior officer had declared the demonstration illegal. Authorities subsequently began efforts to disperse the protesters and reopen the highway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Members of the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem Faction staged demonstrations across several major locations in Israel on Wednesday in protest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-496956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}