(17 Nov 2024)
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Bnei Brak, Israel – 17 November 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of policemen removing Jewish ultra-Orthodox men demonstrating against draft that would force them to join army
2. Close of unnamed women shouting at the protesters, UPSOUND: “Shame on you, go to the army, it’s not good. All our soldiers are being killed; all our hostages have not returned. So bad. What is this? What kind of state is Israel?"
3. Various of protesters dancing in circles and singing prayers
4. Mid of protester holding banner reading (English) ”Israel is an Antisemitic country”
5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Nehman, ultra-Orthodox protester:
“Other people need to understand that we are not going straight ahead to the massacre, and for political battles on the right and the left, and not to the Supreme Court or the Knesset (Israeli Parliament). We are a people of Jews, not Israelis, and we do not intend to enlist in the army in any way.”
6. Various of policemen removing Jewish ultra-Orthodox men blocking traffic
STORYLINE:
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protested in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak on Sunday against their draft into the Israeli army.
The government said 7,000 conscription notices will be sent out from Sunday.
“We are a people of Jews, not Israelis, and we do not intend to enlist in the army in any way,” said one of the protesters.
In June, Israel’s Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into the army.
Roughly 1.3 million ultra-Orthodox Jews make up about 13% of Israel’s population, and oppose enlistment because they believe studying full time in religious seminaries is their most important duty.
The war between Israel and Hamas began after Palestinian militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7. last year, killing about 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducting around 250 others. Around 100 hostages remain in Gaza, about a third believed to be dead.
The Health Ministry in Gaza says around 43,800 Palestinians have been killed in the war. The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants but has said women and children make up more than half the fatalities.
AP video shot by Alon Bernstein
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