{"id":108641,"date":"2025-09-18T20:17:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/?p=108641"},"modified":"2025-09-18T19:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:36:23","slug":"ultra-orthodox-in-jerusalem-academy-of-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/ultra-orthodox-in-jerusalem-academy-of-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem &#8211; academy of protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"563\">When the Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem take to the streets, they do not stage a symbolic protest; they create a full disruption of the city. Sitting on the asphalt, blocking major junctions, halting the light rail \u2014 their collective action paralyzes urban life and forces the state to respond.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"943\">This protest, unfolding against the draft law and the government\u2019s intent to conscript them into the army and jail draft evaders, is more than a demonstration. It is a display of solidarity and discipline, rooted in community identity. Their strength lies not only in numbers but in their ability to act as one body, with determination that shakes the political establishment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"\u05d4\u05e4\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05e1\u05d3\u05e8 - \u05d7\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd, \u05d7\u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05ea \u05d4\u05e8\u05db\u05d1\u05ea \u05d4\u05e7\u05dc\u05d4 (\u05e6\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd: \u05d3\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05de\u05e9\u05d8\u05e8\u05d4)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bdSRJOWcC8E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"1005\">Thursday evening in Jerusalem: paralyzing key arteries<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1007\" data-end=\"1422\">On Thursday evening, hundreds of demonstrators blocked the city\u2019s entrance at the Chords Bridge, shut down lanes on Begin Highway, and stopped the light rail at Kiryat Moshe. Traffic came to a standstill, drivers were diverted to alternative routes, and passengers were stranded mid-journey. Eyewitnesses described lines of vehicles retreating backwards, as police struggled to reopen the arteries of the capital.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1424\" data-end=\"1785\">Clashes broke out between protesters and police. Officers declared the gatherings illegal, issued dispersal orders, and pushed demonstrators back onto sidewalks. Yet the images that remained \u2014 lines of young men seated on the road before trucks and buses \u2014 conveyed a message stronger than any speech: collective resilience can override official instructions.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1787\" data-end=\"1831\">Police response versus community force<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1833\" data-end=\"2173\">The police reiterated their commitment to protect freedom of expression, but warned they would not tolerate roadblocks, damage to infrastructure, or risks to public safety. This tension between civil order and organized protest is not new to Jerusalem, but the Ultra-Orthodox repeatedly prove that their disruption is also their leverage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1833\" data-end=\"2173\">Against this backdrop, another idea emerges: what if the Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem, already demonstrating remarkable resolve and solidarity, were to join the struggle of the hostage families? Such an alliance could multiply pressure on decision-makers and transform the protest map of Israel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1901\" data-end=\"2083\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(<a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/gaze-of-jerusalem-protest-reveals-city-demographics\/\">Gaze of Jerusalem: Protest reveals city demographics<\/a>)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem protest the draft law, blocking roads and the light rail &#8211; could they join hostage families?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":108635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem - academy of protest","_seopress_titles_desc":"The Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem protest the draft law, blocking roads and the light rail - could they join hostage families?","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"9320","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jerusalem_protest_block.jpeg","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":108632,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":1200,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":674,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10327,9319,9314],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-jerusalem-updates","category-main-item"],"acf":{"subtitle":"The Ultra-Orthodox in Jerusalem protest the draft law, blocking roads and the light rail - could they join hostage families?"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jerusalem-online.co.il\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}