Israel’s Orthodox Jews protest against military conscription

Orthodox Jews clashed with the police as they blocked a road in the city of Bnei Brack on Thursday in protest against their conscription into the Israeli army.

The protest came more than a week after Israeli lawmakers voted to revive a bill that would increase the conscription of Orthodox Jewish men only gradually, despite objections from the defence minister and criticism it falls short of the army’s needs.

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