Hundreds of chassidim from various kehillos, including Vizhnitz, Boyan, Gerrer, and others, held a protest outside the Beit Lid military prison on Motzei Shabbos to protest the continued detention of bnei yeshivos, including three avreichim and four bochurim.
At the height of the protest, in a surprising move, Meir Yonah, the yeshivah bochur who was arrested on Erev Shabbos by the traffic police and transferred to military prison, was released.
He was received with wild dancing by the crowd. The Chassidim dressed him in a shtreimel, and the Zidichover Rebbe danced with Yonah in the center of the circle.
Afterward, Yonah described his arrest and the conditions in the military prison: “After I showed the officer my identification, he told me, ‘You’re a draft dodger from the army; you’re going to prison.'”
“I responded, ‘Why prison?’ I’m a yeshivah bochur.’ The military police arrived, handcuffed me, and put me in prison without air conditioning, without water. You can’t breathe there; it was very difficult. I suffered, but I’ll stay strong.”
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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There’s also no air conditioning for soldiers fighting in Gaza…
an Israeli Yid
If they would treat Arab terrorists like this, our leftists brothers and Amnesty International etc would be upon arms…
That’s a yeshiva buchar?
Most countries (the US mostly included) do not have air conditioning in jails. Not all Israeli army bases have air conditioning either. The temporary ones for those fighting in Gaza almost all do not. So talking about the lack of air conditioning is not the type of thing that will get sympathy from those who want to draft Yeshiva Bochurim R’l.
Just like in the Gulag. The Zionists learnt from Stalin very well.
The Zionists do not understand any language other than pressure and protests.
There’s no AC for IDF soldiers fighting to protect you in Gaza, Lebanon or Syria. Dobyou want them to put their life on the line, and also put you in a hotel?
Dodge the draft = military prison.
The soldiers in Gaza don’t have AC and have limited water on the battlefield. And Hamas tries to kill them. Just saying.
Yeah, he looks like a Shtarker Yeshiva Bochur that should be serving in the army. What a joke!
Once again, Arab terrorists get treated better than religious people.What an embarrassment is wicked government.
Come on, everybody Let’s think about just logically.Why do they do that?And how they do tha?t because it pains the non religious people because deep down , they know it’s all about Todah and Mizvot .
A great, clear and open demonstration of the pure love and achdus between Bnei Torah Ashkenazic and Sefardic Chareidim.
Whereas, by the secular chilonim the Israeli elite Ashkenazi seculars lord over and rule and treat Sephardim like their underlyings and inferiors and subservients.
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/the-fourth-reich-of-israel
Interesting, he doesn’t look like a Yeshiva Bochur, yet the whole “Chareidi” society is up in arms and protesting.
Time for everyone to chip in and help shoulder the burden carried by אחינו בית ישראל
We’re you expecting hotel style accommodations as a reward for avoiding the draft?
Even barghouti is treated better than that what kind of Nazi country is being run here. I love Israel but I hate what it has been hijacked by
You can tell who a person is by a video of what he looks like moments after being released from jail? That is highly judgemental. Consider that he was arrested in the middle of the night – you thought maybe he would be sitting and sweating b’Shita in a hat and jacket?
Look at these Wicked Jews approving the jailing of those who learn Tora because the Attorney General decided to throw the law out one day that has been the law of the land for 80 years, with no interest in compromising or the sensitivities of the affected people
so who should go to the army do the chradim want the arabs should take over and kill them
No tzitzit? He must be VERY Charedi.
No Chiyuv to wear Tzitzis at night …