Ultra-Orthodox activists and lawmakers on Wednesday raged against what they described as a “wave of arrests” by the IDF of yeshiva students who ignored enlistment orders and are evading military service, framing the military’s activities as “religious persecution” aimed at criminalizing Torah scholars.
According to the hardline Jerusalem Faction, the IDF resumed enforcement operations last Friday, raiding a number of homes in Jerusalem, the West Bank community of Adam, Ramat Gan, and Givatayim.
Among those the group listed as arrested was Ariel Rosenzweig, a student at the Neve Eretz Yeshiva who was detained during the seven-day mourning period for his late father. The Jerusalem Faction later announced that Rosenzweig had been released from custody.
United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf slammed the arrests, claiming that yeshiva students “have been made into criminals — solely because they are Torah learners, all under the auspices of the government of Israel.”
Rephrase: "Yeshiva students have been made into criminals - solely because they ignore the law and dont' think the consequences should apply to them!"
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