Haredi sources have told several Israel haredi news websites that a plan is underway to stage a million man demonstration against the draft of haredi yeshiva students into the military. The demonstration would be held the day US President Obama is scheduled to visit Jerusalem.
Haredi sources have told several Israel haredi news websites (beginning with JDN) that a plan is underway to stage a million man demonstration against the draft of haredi yeshiva students into the military. The demonstration would be held the day US President Obama is scheduled to visit Jerusalem.
It is very unlikely that police will give haredim a permit for a demonstration to be held on the same day President Obama comes to Jerusalem, however, and haredi leaders know this.
Whether they will try to demonstrate without a permit, or whether they will move the demonstration to another day – or whether the whole idea is nothing but a hoax – is not yet clear.
[Hat Tip: Burich.]