Overview

• A young Haredi man from Ashkelon was detained Tuesday at Ben Gurion Airport after security checks flagged him as a draft evader and he was handed over to military police on desertion charges.
• His family says he had sought clarification of his draft status from the Yeshiva Committee the day before but did not receive a definitive answer.
• Military police also arrested a yeshiva student at his home in Bat Yam early Wednesday in a routine operation targeting draft evasion.
• Rabbis from Plag HaYerushalmi and Edah HaCharedit have called on thousands of students to demonstrate in Lod to oppose the recent detentions.
• The airport arrest follows a series of enforcement actions including the recent sentencing of the Yitzchakov brothers to short military detention for refusing to enlist.