Ultra-Orthodox Draft Evader Arrest Operation Delayed Amid Police Dispute
Ultra-Orthodox draft arrest operations face delays after police demanded IDF support. The Deputy Attorney General rejected the condition, demanding a new enforcement framework.
An operation to arrest ultra-Orthodox draft evaders has been postponed following a demand by the Israel Police to allocate hundreds of IDF soldiers for the effort.
The Deputy Attorney General clarified that the police cannot condition the execution of arrests on the allocation of military forces, demanding a new framework to detain ultra-Orthodox evaders by November 1, 2026.
Over the past three months, 14 draft evaders were arrested during random police encounters, while another 143 were detained randomly and subsequently released.
Demonstrators blocked Hebron Road in Jerusalem following an attempted arrest of a draft evader. Although the evader was released, clashes between protesters and police continued at the scene.
