Overview
- An organizing committee representing Shas, Agudas Yisroel, and Degel HaTorah met at Bnei Brak City Hall in a rare show of unity to advance plans for a large protest.
- The current plan under consideration is to hold the gathering Thursday afternoon at the entrance to Jerusalem, with an official announcement still pending.
- Organizers say substantial funding, logistics, and coordination with police and municipal authorities must be resolved before details are finalized.
- Momentum grew after the arrest of Ateres Shlomo student Ariel Shamai, a case that prompted Degel HaTorah to join public demonstrations for the first time.
- Rav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin attended a full session of the Eidah HaChareidis Beis Din led by Rav Moshe Sternbuch, and thousands from the Ateres Shlomo network are slated to protest Monday outside Prison 10 at the direction of Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch.