{"id":594651,"date":"2026-08-24T17:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/594651\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:04:13","slug":"ultra-orthodox-protesters-threaten-traffic-chaos-in-central-israel-during-evening-rush-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/594651\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-Orthodox Protesters Threaten Traffic Chaos In Central Israel During Evening Rush-hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Ultra-Orthodox protesters are planning to significantly disrupt traffic in central Israel on Monday afternoon over the arrest of a yeshiva student accused of evading the military draft, Israeli media N12 reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The demonstration is expected to begin at around 5 pm, likely on Route 4 also known as Geha Road, or Jabotinsky Street, two major roads near Bnei Brak. Similar protests have previously blocked traffic for approximately two and a half hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The protest follows the arrest of Israel Gohafi, a student at the Beit Midrash Elyon yeshiva in Bnei Brak who had recently begun studying at a yeshiva in Kfar Hasidim.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Ultra-Orthodox Jews block roads across Israel in protest of military draft\" class=\"Lazy_poster__hZbms\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/i24israel.vod.immergo.tv\/i24israel\/api-uploaded\/WILDMOKA_67805265628.jpg\"\/>Ultra-Orthodox Jews block roads across Israel in protest of military draft<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Police reportedly stopped Gohafi in Haifa over an issue involving payment for his Rav-Kav public transportation card. Officers then discovered that he was wanted for failing to report for military service and transferred him to the Military Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Am Kadosh, an organization that assists those who refuse to enlist, claimed that Gohafi had been \u201cabducted\u201d and taken to a military prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The demonstration is being organized by the Hatzafnikim, followers of Rabbi Tzvi Friedman, who have pledged to take to the streets whenever an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva student is arrested for failing to report for military service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The group confirmed that a protest will take place Monday but has not officially announced its location. Police are nevertheless preparing for major traffic disruptions on roads surrounding Bnei Brak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultra-Orthodox protesters are planning to significantly disrupt traffic in central Israel on Monday afternoon over the arrest of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-594651","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\/594651","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=594651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}