Michoel Petrov, a talmid of the Maalos HaTorah yeshivah, was sentenced on Wednesday by the military court to 40 days in prison.
Petrov is the son of HaRav Yosef Petrov, the Rosh Yeshiva of Maalos HaTorah and one of the leaders of Peleg Yerushalmi.
The ruling was issued due to Petrov’s refusal to report to the military induction office and discontinue his yeshivah studies, as well as the fact that he had been classified as a draft evader for five years.
The sentence was harsher than usual because Petrov had been a draft evader for five years. Peleg Yerushalmi denounced the sentence, saying that “he was arrested for the crime of Limmud Torah.”
Peleg Yerushalmi is expected to hold large-scale protests, possibly on Thursday. Protests had originally been planned for this past Monday but were postponed due to missile launches from Iran.
(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)
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Finally, police got some guts and going after instigators instead of poor sephardim.
> Protests had originally been planned for this past Monday but were postponed due to missile launches from Iran.
I thought they were not afraid of anything.
No sympathy for sohlberg:- serves him right.
What a בזיון being slapped against our בני-תורה כה חשובים.
Wishing maira baharav an awful מפלה during the ensuing 40 days, that this important תלמיד and son of ראש-ישיבה is suffering in the slammer.
The sentence was harsher then usual not for the reasons stated….some years ago a bachur sat in jail for 40 days because these same people decided he wanted to kill Grossman…these same people sat outside the court against the Ponovez bachur….well whoever doesn’t see מידה כנגד מידה…. Should jog their memory….
It’s incomprehensible that any frum person still supports Israel.
This is the only country where a religious person can be arrested simply for learning in Yeshiva.
not afraid, you are completely incorrect. no one attending a hesder yeshivah gets arrested. those who evade the draft are arrested
@not-afraid
You’re right, but A”Z is not rational.