JERUSALEM (VINnews) In the early hours of Monday, Israel’s Military Police Corps arrested a yeshiva student at his home in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem. He was taken to a military prison after failing to report to the draft office following an arrest warrant issued against him.
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The arrest comes just one day after a ruling by the Supreme Court of Israel, which imposed stricter sanctions on Torah students and called on the police to cooperate more fully in enforcement.
According to reports from organizations assisting charedi draft evaders, the student was detained early in the morning and is expected to be brought before a military judge. His identity has not yet been made public.
The arrest follows weeks during which the Military Police largely refrained from detaining yeshiva students. Now, it appears that a new wave of arrests has begun.
The development comes in the wake of the court’s decision, in which the justices sharply criticized police conduct and ruled that law enforcement must fully cooperate with military authorities in arresting yeshiva students who fail to report for conscription.
Deputy President of the court, Noam Solberg, wrote in the decision:
“It appears that the police are not fulfilling their duty to exercise their authority and enforce the law against draft evaders from the Haredi public. This cannot be accepted; the police must assist the military enforcement authorities and begin enforcing the obligation of conscription on members of the Haredi community.”
He added:
“It should be noted that the social message arising from the police refraining from acting specifically against those who attempt to thwart enforcement through widespread disturbances, amounting to ‘a sinner benefiting from his wrongdoing’, is a message that cannot be tolerated.” The ruling also quoted the Book of Iyov:
“It is unacceptable that ‘a man of might inherits the land’ and ‘the strongest prevails.’”
The court described the situation as a “mass, conscious, and ongoing violation of the law” by Torah students.
i dont understand how anyone can be imprisoned for learning Torah in Israel of all places, in the US even during the Vietnam war the Torah was not forbidden
A Jewish state that arrests Torah learners but allows a million Arabs to live off us tax free, full health benefits and education. An amount that far exceeds the stipends that 100,000 boys may have gotten and definitely don’t get now
Without a constitution and without following the Torah who does the Supreme Court ultimately follow? the answer is clear they look at the International Criminal Court which has no constitution and no Torah, and when the ICC goes anti-Semitic so does the follower!
After it was revealed during interrogation that he is not actually “charedi” – [sarcasm]. The so called court is clearly violating religious discrimination,
Bochur’s camouflaged undies are revealing his true colors.
Any time not spent learning b’hasmadah in BeisMedrash – especially on Hafganot – is better time spent serving in the IDF.
They seem to love going after the yeshiva boy. How about go after the liedigars who do nothing all day. Stop those nah nach trcuks and draft them all. Those guys can’t even learn gemara and just dance on trucks half the day. Draft them and the shuvu bonim belrnad guys. PS yes there are others whether chabdad or other sects who aren’t learning either